We are the only organisation dedicated to ensuring that Australia's cellular agriculture sector contributes to providing ethical, accessible and sustainable food for all.
We focus on tackling common challenges and opportunities facing the cellular agriculture sector in Australia.
We take an inclusive and participatory approach to our work by engaging with a broad range of stakeholders on key thematic areas. These areas include: navigating regulation, accessing and developing talent, and advocating to key stakeholders with common language and consistent messaging.
Cellular agriculture uses cells and innovative biotechnologies to produce safe, accessible, ethical and sustainable food and agricultural products.
This method is most commonly used to make animal-derived foods and ingredients such as meat, seafood, dairy products, fats, egg whites and gelatin. It can also be used to produce non-animal-derived products such as human breast milk, coffee, chocolate and palm oil.
The global demand for food will increase by up to 70% by 2050. We cannot meet this demand sustainably or ethically with current production methods alone.
Cellular agriculture is one of many solutions required to ensure an ethical, accessible and sustainable food system into the future.
It has the potential to overcome six critical challenges facing our current agricultural system.
Its actual impact will depend on numerous decisions cellular agriculture companies will have to make as they move towards commercial scale.
663 million people globally are undernourished and around 697 million people (9% of the world population) are severely food insecure.
We need efficient, affordable and distributed methods of production to boost food availability and accessibility.
Cellular agriculture has an important role to play in reshaping the way our food system is structured.
Animal agriculture alone uses 35% of the Earth’s habitable land, the equivalent of North and South America combined.
Globally, we are losing almost 5 million hectares of vegetation every year and around 41% of that due to cattle grazing and another 18% for palm oil and soy beans (over 75% of which goes to animal feed).
Cellular agriculture manufacturing facilities will require fewer land resources, which will create an opportunity to stop and reverse this trend.
Widespread deforestation and marine habitat destruction has resulted in an alarming loss of biodiversity across the planet.
For instance, wild animals now make up only 4% of the physical biomass of all mammals on the planet. The remainder is made up of humans and our domesticated/farmed animals.
By reducing our dependence on land and our oceans for food production, cellular agriculture can help to mitigate this problem.
Producing food through livestock is behind 14% of our global greenhouse gas emissions.
By 2030, food produced through cellular agriculture using renewable energy technologies, is predicted to generate far less greenhouse gas emissions than conventionally produced meat.
For chicken, the most efficient meat, this could be 55% fewer emissions, for pork it could mean 65% fewer emissions and for beef, the reduction could be as high as 96%.
In terms of dairy foods, the production of milk proteins through precision fermentation is predicted to generate 96% fewer greenhouse gas emissions than conventional dairy production.
Intensive livestock production has been linked to several human health issues. Including water and air pollution, foodborne pathogens, antimicrobial resistance, and the potential for disease transmission
With tightly controlled manufacturing processes and stringent food safety standards, cellular agriculture presents a way to minimise these risks
Intensively farmed animals endure unnatural living conditions and untold suffering.
Globally, it is estimated that 90% of all farmed animals reside in intensive systems, including 74% of all farmed land animals and almost all fish.
Cellular agriculture has the potential to vastly improve the welfare of animals by removing our dependence on them in our food system.
Discover upcoming events within the cellular agriculture sector.
The sector is growing and presents a myriad of career opportunities across STEM and non-STEM fields.
In this role, you will work collaboratively across functional teams to ensure all-round alignment in the go-to-market strategy and represent the interface between the Product Development and Commercialisation teams.
The CERC Fellow will collaborate broadly across CSIRO to support improved sustainability assessment of emerging Australian protein-rich foods from a lifecycle perspective.
You’ll guide multidisciplinary projects by leveraging your technical experience, ability to align & motivate team members, and ability to work with stakeholders across the organisation.
As a Food Materials Scientist at Vow, you will bridge the gap between research and product development, leveraging your scientific knowledge and experience to help create meat that meat eaters choose selfishly.
Vow is looking for a passionate Technician to join their Manufacturing team, which is responsible for production and factory operations.
You will collaborate with Scientists, Chefs, Software Engineers, and Product Managers to define the links between cell and molecular biology, growth media, materials science and the food produced at the end.
In this role, you will drive innovation and guide the team in crafting never-before-seen food products that capture the hearts and palates of consumers.
As a key member of the IT team, you'll help to ensure smooth daily operations and user experiences through top-tier technical support. You'll troubleshoot and resolve complex hardware and software issues.
We're always interested in hearing from world-class talent, even when we don’t have your perfect role listed on our careers page.
As Head of Marketing, you will drive market presence and growth as Vow rolls out Forged, their high end brand, first in premium dining and then in food retail.
If you’re passionate about Cellular Agriculture Magic Valley want to hear from you! No matter your background or experience, if you’re passionate about seeing the Cellular Agriculture industry grow and prosper, they want you onboard.
Eden Brew are always looking for passionate people to join us in our journey.
The Cauldron Team is growing! They're looking for great people across a range of professions and geographies over the next 6 months.
Our featured supporters are pioneering Australia’s cellular agriculture sector and are deeply engaged in supporting our mission.
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