Tasting the “Future of Food” on a Bay-Area Cellular Agriculture Tour

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Research Article| May 01 2023 Tasting the “Future of Food” on a Bay-Area Cellular Agriculture Tour Sarah-Louise Ruder, Sarah-Louise Ruder Sarah-Louise Ruder is a PhD candidate and public scholar at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, and a researcher at the University of the Fraser Valley’s Food and Agriculture Institute. She is an environmental social scientist studying food systems and the politics of novel technologies. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Evan Bowness, Evan Bowness Evan Bowness Evan Bowness is a critical environmental social scientist and assistant professor of Community Food Systems at the Trent School of the Environment where he hosts the Towards Equity in Sustainability Transitions (“TEST”) Lab. He is a Research Associate at University of the Fraser Valley’s Food and Agriculture Institute and has a PhD from the University of British Columbia. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Angela McIntyre, Angela McIntyre Angela McIntyre is a research associate and co-director at Simon Fraser University Centre for Collaborative Action on Indigenous Health Governance. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Atlanta Grant, Atlanta Grant Atlanta Grant is an Iroquois woman with mixed Huron-Wendat and German ancestry, originally from the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Ojibwe, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Her master’s research at the University of British Columbia focuses on the cultural resurgence of Indigenous food-cycling practices (the careful and intentional practices that surround consumption of animals and plants) as the reinstatement of Indigenous natural law. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Lenore Newman Lenore Newman Lenore Newman is the Food and Agriculture Institute Director at the University of the Fraser Valley, where she specializes in agricultural innovation and policy. Her most recent book, Dinner on Mars (co-authored with Dr. Evan Fraser), was published in 2022 by ECW Press. She holds a PhD in environmental studies from York University. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Gastronomica (2023) 23 (2): 37–46. https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2023.23.2.37 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Sarah-Louise Ruder, Evan Bowness, Angela McIntyre, Atlanta Grant, Lenore Newman; Tasting the “Future of Food” on a Bay-Area Cellular Agriculture Tour. Gastronomica 1 May 2023; 23 (2): 37–46. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/gfc.2023.23.2.37 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentGastronomica Search It’s a sunny spring morning in San Francisco. In the Bay Area, we’re on the traditional and ancestral territory of the Ohlone People, though now Indigenous Peoples of many nations find their home on these lands. My colleagues and I traveled to the Bay Area to meet with a few “cellular agriculture” start-ups. This morning is our first visit of several this week. We’re in the “Dogpatch” neighborhood. Subway tracks line the main street. We are surrounded by a mix of older industrial heritage buildings and some newer ones with a similar style, only shinier. Some of the old warehouses look as if they’ve been converted to loft apartments. There is an air of gentrification. We walk into a tall and wide industrial building, passing through the spacious hallways, with big gray tiles on the floor and seemingly endless rows of metal doors. The ceilings are high, with pipes, vents,... You do not currently have access to this content.