X There Is An Ongoing Global Food Crisis 4 Global Food Security “To adequately feed nearly 10 billion people by 2050, the world must close a nearly 70 percent gap between the amount of food produced now and that needed by mid-century.” - Food and Agriculture Organization, 2022 HOW WILL WE FEED 10 BILLION PEOPLE? 9,500 16,000 2006 2050 TRILLION KCAL / YEAR VC INVESTMENT GROWING RAPIDLY $1,500 $1,200 $900 $600 $300 $0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 1H Cultivated meat, global Plant-based food, U.S. Fermentation, global KEY BENEFITS OF ALTERNATIVE MEAT SUSTAINABILITY EFFICIENCY SAFETY ▪ Industrialized animal agriculture is in the top 2-3 most significant contributors to the world’s most pressing environmental issues such as water use, air pollution and loss of biodiversity ▪ Industrialized animal agriculture is responsible for 14-18% of greenhouse gas emissions – a higher share than the entire transport sector ▪ It takes nine calories of food fed to a chicken to produce one calorie of meat ▪ 75% of agricultural land is used for raising and feeding livestock yet only provides 1/3 of the global protein supply ▪ Animals in the U.S. consume more than 2x as many medically important antibiotics as humans do ▪ Based on current trends, medical experts expect 10 million annual deaths from antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2050, a 14-fold increase over current deaths
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