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Cargill, Gates bet on startup making meat without slaughter

By Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg News
Aug 23, 2017
Aug 23, 2017 Updated Feb 1, 2018

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By Shruti Date Singh, Bloomberg News

Cargill Inc., one of the largest global agricultural companies, has joined Bill Gates and other business giants to invest in a nascent technology to make meat from self-producing animal cells amid rising consumer demand for protein that’s less reliant on feed, land and water.

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