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Harper's Magazine
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- 1The lab-grown meat revolution that never arrived●Where's the Beef?: The lab-grown-meat revolution that wasn't
A Harper's Magazine essay examines why lab-grown, or cultivated, meat has failed to deliver on the sweeping promises once made for it. The piece looks back at claims that cellular agriculture would replace conventional livestock farming and asks where the industry stands now, reigniting debate about the technology's commercial viability, regulatory hurdles, and consumer appetite.