Yaakov Koby Nahmias: Future Meat

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Philosophy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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"You see, most of the people in the cultured meat world are usually either biologists that are excited about the biology or physicians that work with stem cells and regenerative medicine. They're asking, "can we make a steak? Can we make a muscle?" They are not asking what is the cheapest way of making this? They're assuming somebody else is going to come and solve it. The difference between them and us is that I am an engineer. So that, yeah, I can make a muscle. I made a muscle back then. I'm pretty certain that the biology is simple. The big question is, should I? And then how much does it cost?"

– Koby Nahmias

Yaakov Koby Nahmias is the founder of Future Meat Technologies. Future Meat is a cultured meat company, meaning they make meat from animal cells without having to raise, harm or slaughter any animals. They are based in Israel but are coming to the US next year.

Future Meat's technology is different than many other cultivated meat companies, which allows their products to be cost-effective, sustainable, and scalable. They are the first cultivated meat company to break the $5 cost barrier. They are making cultured meat for a $1.70 per pound. Their meat is made entirely from animal fibroblasts that grow in stainless steel fermenters and provides the same texture and taste as farm-raised meat.

Future Meat will play a big role in the agricultural revolution that is going to allow future generations to live in a world with fewer greenhouse emissions, less land and water use, and far less cruelty to non-human animals.

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https://future-meat.com/

twitter https://twitter.com/FutureMeat1

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0:00.0	Species,
0:05.0	species, unite,
0:10.0	species, unite. Species unite. You see most of the people in the culture of meat world are usually either biologists that are excited about the biology or you know physicians that work with stem cells
0:27.2	and regenerative medicine they're asking can we make a stick can we make a right? They are not asking what is the cheapest way of making this. They're assuming somebody else is going to come and solve it. The difference between them and us is that I am an engineer so that you know yeah I can make a muscle I made a muscle back then sure I'm pretty certain that the biology is simple
0:51.0	the big question is should I and then how much does it cost?
0:57.0	Hi I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask. If you like today's
1:10.8	episode and you have a spare minute, could you please rate and review
1:15.2	Species Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to Podcasts.
1:20.8	It really helps people to find the show.
1:23.0	This conversation is with Kobe Namias.
1:27.0	Kobe Namias. This conversation is with Kobe Nomeas.
1:33.0	Kobe is the founder and president of future meat technologies.
1:38.0	They're a cultured meat company, meaning they make meat from animal cells without harming any animals in the process
1:46.0	and they are the first cultivated meat company to break the five dollar cost barrier.
1:51.2	They are making cultured meat for a dollar 70 a pound. Nice to meet you, COB, it's a pleasure of them.
2:09.0	Nice to meet you, Kobe.
2:10.2	It's a pleasure of him.
2:11.1	Glad to have you on.
2:12.4	I want to talk about how all this started for you because this was not, like, well clearly this was not many people's
2:19.7	career trajectory because this didn't even exist when most people started out.
2:24.0	But how did you first get even like involved in thinking about doing anything with
2:29.2	cellular agriculture?
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