Cell-cultured seafood technology is emerging as a vital solution to address the growing demand for meat and seafood globally. The founders of Wildtype, Justin Kolbeck and Arye Elfenbein, emphasize the importance of sustainable food sources in the face of population growth. Kolbeck's personal experiences in food-scarce regions inspired his commitment to developing viable alternatives. The Wildtype lab features bioreactors that cultivate cells derived from Pacific salmon, marking the beginning of a new approach to food production through innovative biotechnological methods.
"You know for me, it was the sort of confluence of, OK, there's this potential technology that could address this really big problem that our society is facing. Very simply, where are we going to get enough meat and seafood for the next three billion people?"
"It's hard to grow even the most simple of crops. It's a dry place, obviously. So, it's those kind of stories that really stick with you and, you know. Like, as a dad, of course, I would do the same thing to, like, feed my kids."
"Essentially, we have the cells that come out of the bioreactor, and we want to concentrate them."
"This is kind of where just the very small scale culture begins; it's where we'll take kind of the starter culture, and have the cells grow in the nutrients."
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