Cultivated meat - grown from animal cells without slaughter - has major potential to reduce animal welfare harm from agriculture while meeting protein demand.
Cultivated meat represents potentially the most transformative welfare intervention in the history of animal agriculture. If successfully scaled, it could eliminate the need to raise and slaughter billions of animals annually for food. The welfare case for supporting cultivated meat development is strong: it addresses the root cause of farm animal suffering rather than improving conditions at the margins. Key challenges include scaling fermentation infrastructure, regulatory approval in major markets, consumer acceptance, and cost parity with conventional meat. Investment in cultivated meat is a high-leverage welfare and environmental action.