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Californian startup Mission Barns sold its cultivated pork for the first time at a dinner in San Francisco, with dishes featuring its meatballs and bacon.

Mission Barns today announced it has received the green light from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its cultivated pork fat ingredient, a milestone that enables its first products to enter the US market. The approval includes a grant of USDA inspection for its San Francisco pilot facility and a label sign-off for its cultivated fat ingredient—following FDA approval earlier this year.

Mission Barns, a food company focused on cultivating meat for a more secure food system, today announced its upcoming retail launch & first restaurant partnership for its first products for sale. This milestone follows the company’s regulatory clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its cell-cultivated pork fat.

Many companies, including cultivated meat companies like Mission Barns, need to find ways to finance the large-scale deployment of their manufacturing technology. So how are we planning to tackle this problem at Mission Barns?