Aleph Farms Overview

Aleph Farms is an Israel-based food technology company designing new ways to grow quality animal products that improve sustainability, food security and animal welfare in our food systems. Founded in 2017, the company utilized cellular agriculture technology to unveil the world’s first cultivated thin-cut steak in 2018, the world’s first cultivated ribeye steak in 2021, and cultivated collagen in 2022. Under its product brand, Aleph Cuts, the company will launch its first product, the Petit Steak, grown from the non-modified cells of a premium Angus cow. For its contributions to climate leadership including a net zero commitment made in 2020, it has received top accolades from the World Economic Forum and the United Nations.

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According to a life cycle analysis by CE Delft, when cultivated meat is produced at scale with the use of renewable energy, it is projected to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 92% and use 95% less land and 78% less water when compared to intensive western European beef production. It also solves animal protein’s efficiency problem. As opposed to the 15-30 months it takes to bring cattle to the ideal age for slaughter (after which only 30-35% of any cow is eaten), animal cells can be grown directly into high-quality food items in a matter of weeks and with incredible precision. In regard to climate change, cultivated meat is important in two very different ways: First, to mitigate further damage to the climate, it provides high-quality protein with negligible emissions. Second, to adapt to the effects of climate change that has already taken place, its production is both less reliant on specific climate conditions and more resistant to extreme climate events.