Each year, over 50 billion farmed animals are killed worldwide, and with the ever-growing population, this number keeps increasing. These animals give us great products like eggs, meat and milk, but at a regrettable cost for the animals themselves as well as for our planet. Climate change and food security risks are some of the biggest threats to the human species, and animal production finds itself somewhere in the middle of them. Animal free alternatives exist, but are not widely accepted by consumers. Peter Verstrate, food technician at Maastricht University, is researching a more sustainable alternative under the form of cellular agriculture. Bypassing the animals on a cellular level, Peter believes the planet and its human inhabitants can be saved. But will it? Will we go from farming animals to farming cells? Is the only viable replacement for animal products also animal-based? Peter Verstrate is a food technician at Maastricht University. His expertise lies in identifying, structuring and implementing sustainable improvements in primary processes (sourcing, production, logistics). Peter is also a board member of the InVitromeat Foundation, which was created to raise funds for the development of the process to grow meat tissue from stem cells. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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