Mick Riley: Forever Harvest Co-Founder on their efforts to cultivate lab-grown fruit and nuts year round
The Mike Hosking Breakfast · Newstalk ZB
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A Kiwi start-up's labours are bearing fruit.
‘Forever Harvest’ has raised $1.2 million to grow fruit and nuts in a lab, all year round.
The project uses cellular agriculture, removing the need for orchards or soil and making production climate resistant.
Co-Founder Mick Riley told Mike Hosking they’re not looking to replace things like bulk cherries or bulk nectarines, but rather they’re creating a whole new kind of high value ingredient.
The products would be for commercial use, he says, as they’re not looking to compete in the consumer market.
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