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2020 Year In Review
Nov 10, 2020
ISHA DATAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Housekeeping
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We believe
cellular agriculture
is a solution…
Eggs without hens.
Milk without cows.
Beef without cows.

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To environmental degradation…
Aerial photo of cattle feedlot with waste lagoon

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To the development of epidemic
viruses and antibiotic
resistance…
Culling chickens in an attempt to contain the H7N9 bird flu outbreak

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…And the improper treatment of animals
A modern pig farm.

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2020

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🦠 COVID-19
• Took the team remote-forward in mid-March
o Gave up NYC office
o Encouraged re-location
• Cancelled New Harvest 2020 Conference & all in-person
events
o Decided not to replace with a digital version
• An opportunity for capacity building and experimentation!
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Capacity Building
• The team Q1, Q2
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Capacity Building
• The team by Dec 31
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Capacity Building
• The team by Dec 31
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Capacity Building
• The team by Dec 31
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Capacity Building
• New website launch!
o Coming soon…
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Capacity Building
• Systems
o New donor management system
o New grant management system
o Establish data dashboard and baseline metrics
• Documentation
o Employee handbook
o Fellowship handbook
o 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
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Experimentation - Canada
• Research Question: What role could Canada play?
o Major repatriation this year
o One of the most favorable R&D environments of the OECD countries
o Supply chains start here
o My hometown 🇨🇦
• New Harvest Canada Inc. Sept 16, 2020
• Watch this space…
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Experimentation - Masks
• Q: How can we drive a feeling of connectedness and
community?
o # of masks distributed: 450+
o # of social media photos: 40+
o 78% of mask purchasers were
first-time donors
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Experimentation – Fellowship Series
• Q: How can we highlight our fellows without the
conference?
3120 views 650 views 557 views
538 views585 views531 views
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Experimentation – TikTok
• Q: How can we engage with Gen Z,
the future consumers of cell ag?
o Cell ag hype house
o We went viral!
• 427.2k views on Jordan’s decellularization
video
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Experimentation – TikTok
• Q: How can we engage with Gen Z,
the future consumers of cell ag?
o Cell ag hype house
o We went viral!
• 427.2k views on Jordan’s decellularization
video
• 309 comments!
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Experimentation – TikTok
• Q: How can we engage with Gen Z,
the future consumers of cell ag?
o Cell ag hype house
o We went viral!
• 427.2k views on Jordan’s decellularization
video
• 309 comments!
• +3000 views on Jordan’s podcast
• Reposting by others leading to millions on
views on TikTok and Youtube
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• Q: How can we drive the safety conversation forward?
o A landmark publication on the safety of cultured meat
Experimentation – Safety Initiative
Dr. JoAnne
Shatkin
Dr. Kim
Ong
Allen
Gunn
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Experimentation – Safety Initiative
• Q: How can we drive the safety conversation forward?
o # of companies participating (so far): 44
Ronit Bakimer and Didier Toubia, Aleph Farms; Joshua March, Artemys Foods; Mariia Abyzova and Askar Latyshev,
ArtMeat; Carrie Chan and Mario Chin, Avant Meats; Shannon Falconer, Because Animals; Oded Shoseyov, BioBetter;
Inigo Charola, Biotech Foods; Sebastian Rakers, Bluu Biosciences, Planetary Foods; Christophe Chantre, Grant
Michael Gonzalez, and Luke MacQueen, Boston Meats; Stefano Lattanzi, Bruno Cell; Josh Pollack and Valentin Fulga,
Cell Ag Tech; Viknish Kristhnan-Kutty, Cellivate Technologies; Marianne Ellis and Illtud Dunsford, Cellular
Agriculture Ltd.; Ian Johnson and John Pattison, Cultured Decadence; Steven Rees and Jose Morachis, Defined
Bioscience, Inc; Brandon Chen and Shannon Consentino-Roush, Finless Foods; Niya Gupta, Fork & Goode; Jalene
Anderson-Baron and Matt Anderson-Baron, Future Fields; Nicolas Morin-Forest, Gourmey; Nick Beaumont, Heuros;
Benjamina Bollag and Ruth Helen Faram, Higher Steaks; Yuki Hanyu, IntegriCulture; Tiziano Barberi and Dave
Schnettler, Lab Farm Foods; Eric Jenkusky and Jed Johnson, Matrix Meats; David Kay and Eric Schulze, Memphis
Meats; Lavanya Anandan, Luke Grocholl, and Dario Kolenko, MerckMilliporeSigma; Fedon Moog, Mirai Foods; Dwayne
Holmes, Mosa Meat; Cai Linton and Reka Tron, Multus Media; Nicholas Legendre and Brian Spears, New Age Meats;
Nieves Martinez Marshall, Novel Farms; Patricia Bubner, Orbillion Bio; Nina Buffi, Witold Maniowski, and Jan Saam,
Ospin Modular Bioprocessing; David Brandes and Paul Mozdiziak, Peace of Meat; Ka Yi Ling, Shiok Meats;
France-Emmanuelle Adil and Clément Carlier, Tiamat; George Peppou, Vow; Aryé Elfenbein, Wild Type
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Experimentation – Safety Initiative
• Q: How can we drive the safety conversation forward?
o # of companies participating (so far): 44
o $142,000 from four donors for this initiative
o Three of the four donors were first-time donors
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Experimentation – Safety Initiative
The Organization
• Q: How can we drive the safety conversation forward?
🤩

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• In 2020 we onboarded:
o 3 new research fellows, bringing our current
fellowship to 19
• Allison Esperanza, Design of a myosatellite cell bioreactor to maximize
protein production – linking media composition to operating parameters,
Bath University
• Lily Westerhoff, Continuous Processing of Bovine Myoblast in a
Hollow-Fiber Membrane Bioreactor via Controlled Cell Detachment and
Harvest, Bath University
• Rick Thyden, Scaling the Production of In Vitro Bovine, Avian,and Fish
Meat Using Edible Scaffolds in Suspension Reactor Systems, WPI
Research
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• In 2020 we onboarded
o 3 new research fellows, bringing our current fellowship
to 19
o 5 new seed grantees
• Clarisse Beurrier, Prospective LCA for Cultivated Meat, Cambridge University
• Vicky Andriessen, Determining the potential of ovine satellite cells isolated
from New Zealand sheep for cultured meat applications, University of Auckland
• Jake Marko, Recycling Media for Cost Efficiency in Cellular Agriculture, WPI
• Lisa Musgrove, Development of a viable crustacean cell culture and assessing
factors required to induce its muscle differentiation, University of the
Sunshine Coast
• Julian Cohen, Using intermediate CBD-RGD fusion proteins to improve bovine
satellite cell adhesion on cellulose scaffolds, Tufts University
o 1 new dissertation awardee
• Mike McLellan, Engineering a Trophic Support Cell to Generate Custom
Paracrine Signaling for Improved Tissue Culture, The Jackson Laboratory
Research
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A Global Research Network
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A growing collaborative network

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Cells Scaffolds Media Bioreactors

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Our Research
Portfolio
Each overlapping shape
represents the
breakdown of each
project into five key
research foci.
Currently, “other”
represents food safety
research.
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>$640M raised
9 founding teams
>250 industry jobs
Our Network Effect
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2020 CellAgri Investment Report, Oct 2020 – cell.ag/reports
Over $1B Invested
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$5.5M for research consortia
9 principal investigators
many researchers in training
Our Network Effect
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More Fellowship Highlights
● Cellular Agriculture Course
○ John Yuen, Natalie Rubio, Andrew Stout
○ 604 unique visitors from 26 countries
○ 73 downloads from 21 countries
○ https://sites.tufts.edu/cellagcourse/
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More Fellowship Highlights
● Cellular Agriculture Course
○ John Yuen, Natalie Rubio, Andrew Stout
○ 604 unique visitors from 26 countries
○ 73 downloads from 21 countries
○ https://sites.tufts.edu/cellagcourse/
● Guest Editor of Cell Ag Special Issue
○ Ricardo Gouveia
○ Submit by Nov 30!
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Our researchers

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2021

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100 leaders in 5 years
Put Strategic Plan to Work - BHAG
• People catalyze change
• Independent leaders who
catalyze growth and change
• Founders, principal
investigators, changemakers,
more…
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2021 Priorities – Research Programs
● Driving forward the research programs
○ Hiring Research Operations Manager
○ Onboarding new grantees
○ Developing COVID-proof programming
● Strengthening academic relationships
○ Hiring Research Collaborations Director
○ Sharing best practices for collaboration 100 leaders in 5 years
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2021 Priorities – Safety Initiative
● Landmark publication
● Addressing safety-related research
gaps in the lab
● Exploring next steps for
industry-wide initiatives
100 leaders in 5 years
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2021 Priorities – Operations
● Becoming a data-driven organization
● Improving our development strategy
○ Hiring a Development Manager
● Optimizing our communications and
media engagement
100 leaders in 5 years
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2021 Priorities – Experiments
• What research – outside the lab –
continues to be neglected?
• How can we catalyze government
support?
• How can we drive cell ag sciences
beyond our existing programming?
100 leaders in 5 years
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How You Can Help
● We want to raise $1,795,000 by Dec 31
● As of TODAY we are $404,018 away
● Starting TODAY, a new donor will be
matching all donations up to $125,000!
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www.new-harvest.org

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www.new-harvest.org