FEASTS

FEASTS is a groundbreaking, collaborative research programme with the goal to deliver a comprehensive, unbiased knowledge base about cultured meat and seafood (CM/CSF), and their place in the food system.

Through advanced research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and stakeholder engagement we employ a food-systems thinking approach to help understand the role cultured meat and seafood might play in a resilient, equitable and sustainable food system. Our ambition is for the project findings to serve as support tool for informed policy and decision-making in the EU.


Demand for meat is soaring and projected to double by 2050, yet animal farming generates 17% of GHG emissions as it supplies only 37% of global proteins and 18% of global calories. Provided vital challenges are addressed, cultured meat and seafood hold the potential to transform animal protein production, allowing us to meet growing global demand, while mitigating the adverse environmental and health impacts related to intensive animal farming, as well as improving animal welfare.

To understand and address these challenges, FEASTS is conducting rigorous analyses regarding the sustainability, ethics, nutritional value, health, and economic and societal impacts of cell-cultured meat and seafood. Results may reveal opportunities to effectively (re)organise the food system and establish resilient CM/CSF value chains in the EU.

Beyond research, FEASTS will help translate knowledge into action through policy recommendations, modelling just transitions for those who supply our food, engaging with consumers and developing a stewardship model for the entire sector of cultured meat and seafood.

By championing responsible and sustainable innovation, FEASTS will help guide development of this field to center on mission goals, maximizing the promise of CM/CSF in the most efficient and socially responsible way possible.