In Vitro Meat Prize Deadline Extended

by Jeff Mackey

06-25-2012

In 2008, when PETA offered a $1 million incentive to anyone who could develop a marketable in vitro (lab-grown) meat, there were some who scoffed. Since then, research into in vitro meat has exploded—the research, that is, not the labs—and the idea (along with PETA's offer) has shown up in The New Yorker and on TV shows ranging from Better Off Ted (R.I.P., Veridian Dynamics) to The Colbert Report.

Who's laughing now?

Though no one has yet stepped up to claim the prize by the June 30, 2012, closing date, there has been so much encouraging progress that PETA has decided to extend the deadline until 2013....

Source: In Vitro Meat Prize Deadline Extended
Author: PETA

Link: Meat-Like Vegetarian Fare: Replicating the Nutrition, Texture and Taste of Meat and Eggs