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This volcanic microbe startup is taking on Beyond Meat and Impossible in plant-based race

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For now, the products that the Chicago-based biotech startup plans to launch are a complete secret. After a trip to Yellowstone, SBP observed how certain extremophile organisms can survive in the National Park’s volcanic streams sparking a quest to create edible proteins with nutritional value from these hearty microbes.

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Why technology could make animals obsolete

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Applying the latest technologies from biotech, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, and food science, entrepreneurs are trying to create new animal-free products that are cheaper, healthier, tastier, and more sustainable. Wherever we look, humans have consistently built technologies that surpass their animal predecessors.