We are building a food
system that’s…

Sustainable

Animal agriculture generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all transportation combined and is a major driver of deforestation and waterway pollution. Cultivated meat is much kinder to nature — using less resources to preserve our planet.

Harm-free

Throughout history, the only way to eat meat has been to take the life of an animal. Now for the first time, we can cultivate meat without harm.

Healthy

Mission Barns products contain no antibiotics, which minimizes the risk of developing antibiotic-resistant microbes and animal-borne diseases.

Abundant

As the world’s population grows, food production in developing countries will need to nearly double. With cultivated meat, just one animal—living freely—has the potential to feed millions.

Cultivated Meat:
Full of flavor, free of
harm .

Livestock takes up nearly 80% of global agricultural land, yet produces less than 20% of the world’s supply of calories. 

Sources: Hannah Ritchie, 2017, “How much of the world’s land would we need in order to feed the global population with the average diet of a given country?”, Our World in Data, October 3, 2017. 

Henning Steinfeld et al., 2006, “Livestock’s Long Shadow–Environmental Issues and Options”, November 29, 2006.

Conventional meat production took 18,480 animal lives per minute in the United States in 2021.

Sources: National Agricultural Statistics Service, “Livestock & Poultry Slaughter: 2021 Summary”, 2022.

More than 1.2 million people died in 2019 due to antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.

Source: Chris Murray, et al., 2022, “The Burden of Bacterial Antimicrobial Resistance in the WHO European Region in 2019: a Cross-Country Systematic Analysis”, October 13, 2022.

Nearly 1 billion people around the world do not have access to a sufficient supply of nutritious and safe food. Demand for food is expected to rise by 70-100% by 2050.

Source: “Food Security”, USDA