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Texas banned lab-grown meat. What’s next for the industry?

Casey Crownhart

created: Sept. 11, 2025, 8 a.m. | updated: Sept. 17, 2025, 8:41 a.m.

Alternative meat products, including those grown in a lab, could help cut the greenhouse gases from agriculture. In the US, just a handful of companies can legally sell products including cultivated chicken, pork fat, and salmon. (I visited San Francisco to try Upside’s cultivated chicken at a Michelin-starred restaurant a few years ago.) Until recently, the only place you could reliably find lab-grown meat in Texas was a sushi restaurant in Austin. Otoko featured Wildtype’s cultivated salmon on a special tasting menu starting in July.

3 months ago: MIT Technology Review