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Tyson Foods makes another investment in lab-grown meat

By Alisa Odenheimer, Bloomberg News
May 2, 2018
May 2, 2018 Updated Aug 2, 2019

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By Alisa Odenheimer, Bloomberg News

Tyson Foods Inc., the largest meatpacker in the U.S., is co-leading a $2.2 million seed investment in an Israeli startup that aims to affordably produce meat from animal cells, without the need to raise or harvest livestock.

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