# Is cultivated meat the future of food?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Countdown Dilemma Series: Food
- Speaker: Uma Valeti
- Year: 2024
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/uma_valeti_is_cultivated_meat_the_future_of_food)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The way we raise animals is destructive to humans, animals and the environment, says cardiologist and entrepreneur Uma Valeti. He presents a solution that doesn't require you to give up your favorite protein-packed meals: cultivated meat, grown directly from animal cells. Reportedly some of the "most chicken-y chicken" you'll taste, Valeti envisions how such cultivated meat could save billions of animal lives, improve human health and help protect our planet.

## Lectures

1. [Is cultivated meat the future of food?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/uma_valeti_is_cultivated_meat_the_future_of_food/bfb6dbffabd7), 14 min (TED's player)