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Mumbai based, Biokraft Foods has just launched what could be the tipping point for Asia’s cellular seafood sector, revealing bio-manufactured (cultivated) rainbow trout fillets created without the fish. Developed in partnership with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research – Central Institute of Coldwater Fisheries Research (ICAR-CICFR), these next-gen fillets aren’t just lab-grown, they’re also 3D-printed.

Bio-manufacturing isn’t just for lab nerds and VC types. It’s the quiet force about to rewrite how we produce food, cosmetics, clothing, and even your future protein shake. Dr James Ryall, an Australian-based consultant and former Chief Scientist at VOW Foods and long-time insider in the cellular agriculture space, closed out the 2025 CellAg Symposium in Nelson with a rallying cry - Australia and New Zealand are sitting on a goldmine and doing nothing.

Can cellular agriculture feed 10 billion people by 2050? That was the big question behind New Zealand’s first in-person CellAg Symposium, held in Nelson and hosted by Plant & Food Research. Nearly 70 scientists, engineers, founders, investors, and regulators came together from across New Zealand, Australia, and beyond to chart the future of food and what’s needed to get there.

In Israel’s booming future FoodTech sector, where everything from lab-grown tuna to AI-designed proteins is being cooked up, women are doin

Well, it’s official. Australia has just greenlit its first-ever lab-grown meat and it’s not beef, chicken or kangaroo. It’s quail. Cultivate

Let’s face it: the Earth’s undergoing massive changes, food systems are stretched, and half of what we eat is either soaked in guilt or ship

"New Zealand, meanwhile, seems stuck in regulatory limbo and risk-averse funding circles, unable to match the infrastructure or urgency".

On April 9, Nelson, New Zealand becomes ground zero for a quietly transformative movement: the New Zealand Cellular Agriculture Symposium 20

Your pet’s dinner just got weird, in a good way. BioCraft, a US-based biotech outfit that’s been quietly cooking up mouse meat in a lab (yes

The global food industry isn’t just changing, it’s undergoing a total rewiring. The rise of alternative proteins, cultivated meat, preci

Something wild just happened in San Francisco - New Zealand’s foodtech scene finally got the global nod it deserves. For the second year run

Cultivated meat is coming, whether you’re ready or not. And Australia's Magic Valley? They’re not just ready, they’re moving fast. The Melbo