Author of four internationally acclaimed books warning of the pending food, climate, and environmental catastrophes fueled by factory farming, Philip’s latest authorship is as co-editor of Cultivated Meat - to secure our future, and it is the publication of this book that prompted Brett Thompson to invite Philip to a ‘tasting’.

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“We’ve always been massive fans of Phil and his work in animal advocacy. We knew when we developed a lamb product that getting him to try it would be the ultimate stamp of approval,” he said.

 

Addressing the crowd of cultivated meat enthusiasts, Philip said: "Our food system is broken. We are eating our way to extinction, taking other species and the planet with us. At the moment we are exceeding planetary boundaries. Scientists tell us that we need to reduce global meat consumption by about half. We’ve got to do things differently. We’ve got to rethink protein. Cultivated meat offers the promise of helping to transform our food system to one that is healthier, more humane, more sustainable, and it can play an important role in closing down factory farms.”

 

He added that while veganism was now well-known and plant-based proteins were rising in prominence, nevertheless “we live in a society that wants to eat meat and that’s where cultivated meat comes in. I’m told that a simple sample of stem cells cultivated in a bioreactor can create 80 000 (regular) burgers.

 

“True, there are production barriers to cross, but the more we normalise cultivated meat in society, the more we can make it happen. Experts suggest that cultivated meat will be on the market within the near future.”