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Stranger is what this barley is going to be used for. it is in the food chain, but it's not food for us and it's not food for animals. food for us and it's not food foranimals. no, this is something much, much weirder than that. this grass is host. it has been genetically modified to carry a special protein called a growth factor in its seeds. 0nce protein called a growth factor in its seeds. once the plants reach the end of theirjourney, these seeds are harvested, milled and purified and the resulting growth factor protein can be used to help produce something very unexpected. meat, in a lab ...

But eventually these carefully programmed plants will have to be harvested in regularfields to produce enough growth factor for a global label lab grown meat industry, and barley specifically has been chosen because it can grow in many different climates and it also doesn't cross—pollinate with other plants around it. the typicalfarm in iceland, which is about 150 hectares, could actually produce about 10,000 tonnes of meat. that's if lab—grown meat is indeed the answer. after all, aren't we all supposed to be eating more greens? well, not too far away, another company is tapping into icel...

And what's even stranger is what this barley is going to be used for. it is in the food chain but it's not food for us and it's not food for animals. no, this is something much, much weirder than that. this grass is a host. it's been genetically modified to carry a special protein called a growth factor in its seeds. once the plants reach the end of their journey these seeds are harvested, milled and purified and the resulting growth factor protein can be used to help produce something very unexpected — meat, in a lab, without the animals. i think we will reach the point where it's not, like...

With different growing conditions. they're growing the barley in this, which is volcanic pumice from mount hekla, which is somewhere over there. the good thing about pumice is it is inert so it doesn't really release any nutrients into the plants itself and that means these guys can completely control the nutrient mix that the barley gets. we are here in a high—tech greenhouse that is using geothermal energy for heating and for the electricity. we are using hydroponic cultivation. the computer decides when to open windows, when to turn off lights, went to pump in c02, what nutrition to feed ...

Much weirder than that. this grass is a host. it's been genetically modified to carry a special protein called a growth factor in its seeds. once the plants reach the end of their journey these seeds are harvested, milled and purified and the resulting growth factor protein can be used to help produce something very unexpected. meat, in a lab, without the animals. i think we will reach the point where it's not, like, nice to have. i think we have to have it. the earth is not going to grow, we're not going to get more agriculture area, the population is rising, and we have to feed all of the pe...