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a versatile, cholesterol-free option,
rich in nourishing protein. And Just
Egg production uses 98 percent less
water and 83 percent less land than
maintaining hens on a dairy farm.
Strella
Biotech innovation: “Listen” to pro-
Better Foods
& Clean Water
These companies are working on technologies
to increase food production and clean our water.
The population of Earth contin-
ues to grow year by year. For
all of us to survive and thrive,
we need reliable sources of good food
and clean water. Biotech companies
work at the cutting edge of agricultural
technologies that can increase rates
of food production, create sustain-
able sources of healthy foods, and
provide clean water for use all over
the world. Read on to learn about
just a few of these companies.
Blue Nalu
Biotech innovation: Provide pre-
mium-grade seafood products with
methods more sustainable than tra-
ditional fishing or aquaculture.
How? They use cellular agriculture
to make flavorful seafood products,
resulting, for example, in “cultured”
or lab-grown tuna. Using actual fish
cells, this process yields seafood
that looks and tastes like tuna
caught in the ocean. Producing tuna
this way can reduce overfishing,
avoid injuring and killing other types
of fish accidentally caught along
with tuna, and reduce stresses on
the ocean environment, such as
habitat destruction and pollution.
Plenty
Biotech innovation: Grow abundant
supplies of leafy greens in indoor
vertical farms.
How? Indoor vertical farms provide
stable, space-efficient, reliable con-
ditions for raising high-yield crops of
lettuce, kale, spinach, and other
leafy vegetables. How high-yield?
Over 350 times that of traditional
agriculture. And the indoor condi-
tions never vary, meaning weather,
climate change, and pests become
non-issues. Not to mention pesti-
cides used to get rid of the pests.
Just Egg
Biotech innovation: Make plant-
based eggs that scramble just like
real eggs.
How? Just Egg makes eggs out of
the mung bean, a legume that hu-
mans have grown for over 4,000
years. This plant-based egg delivers
careers: FEEDING THE WORLD