About three years ago, we became interested in prospects for what’s known as “cellular agriculture”, and the two of us founded Agronomics, via a listed Aim shell company. The shares have done very well, as investors have learned more about the prospects for making food and materials in laboratories and factories, without animal cruelty and slaughter. However, the industry is still nascent. We’d consider it as perhaps being at the equivalent of the dial-up phase of the internet, which means that prospects for super-charged growth are excellent. Here are some “back of an envelope” predictions. The dairy industry as we know it today (with cows in sheds being milked almost continuously and generally in abject circumstances) will be gone in 15 years. Alternative milks, such as almond, soya and oat milks – Swedish company Oatly is about to go public with a rumoured $10bn valuation – are already gobbling up market share from traditional producers.