Radically rethinking animals and food Scroll ↓ Recent columns Nature (September 2024) - “In Asia, alternative proteins are the new clean energy” Trends in Cell Biology (May 2024) - “Cultivated meat: research opportunities to advance cell line development” Nikkei Asia (April 2024) - “Asia’s embrace of cultivated meat will bring industry leadership” South China Morning Post (February 2024) - “Plant-based meat’s success in Asia boils down to cost and outreach” Nikkei Asia (August 2023) - “Asia will not get to net-zero without changing its diet” The Business Times (February 2023) - “Alternative protein is booming in Asia because it meets a genuine need” The Bangkok Post (February 2023) - “Unlocking mung bean’s potential” South China Morning Post (January 2023) - “Asia can satisfy the world’s growing appetite for meat by investing in alternative proteins” Nikkei Asia (December 2022) - “Skill shortage threatens Asia’s future food ambitions” Lianhe Zaobao (December 2022) - “As US eyes cultivated meat sales, Singapore becomes global food solution launchpad” The Straits Times (October 2022) - “Singapore shows the way as early embracer of future foods” The Nikkei (October 2022) - “Seafood is entering the era of cultivation” Channel NewsAsia (October 2022) - “Food companies are vying to make the Impossible Beef of the sea” Singapore Economic Development Board (October 2022) - “APAC food startups get boost from historic agreement” Maeil Business Newspaper (September 2022) - “If it’s good for the Earth, would you eat cultivated fish?” The Straits Times (August 2022) - “Hook diners on alternative seafood before food security sinks” The Bangkok Post (August 2022) - “Alternative seafood gets an airing” The Straits Times (July 2022) - “Boosting Singapore’s food security by making meat without animals” The Straits Times (January 2022) - “Bold and brilliant bet on making meat from plants” The Nikkei (September 2021) - “The development of alternative protein should be driven by public funding” South China Morning Post (June 2021) - “To avert a climate crisis, governments need to reinvent meat” The Bangkok Post (January 2021) - “Search for alternative proteins is now a gold rush” South China Morning Post (December 2020) - “How China can dominate the future of plant-based meat production” The Myanmar Times (December 2020) - “Myanmar poised to become global supplier of plant-based meat ingredients” VnExpress (December 2020) - “Vietnam could grow key ingredients for plant-based meat” Eat Blue (October 2020) - “Companies grow fish fillets previously a world away” The Bhutanese (February 2020) - “Animals deserve Gross National Happiness” USA Today (January 2020) - “Air pollution is animal cruelty.” WIRED (January 2020) - “Maps are biased against animals” USA Today (December 2019) - “Our dog Penny is family — not cargo. Animals die when airlines treat them like objects.” Editor of influential scientific reports about transforming the global food system, including The Need for Change and Asian Cropportunities.
