ESG360 – Is Precision Fermentation the Future of Food?

• Precision fermentation, the technology use to grow food from yeast, is a nascent but growing market

• Earlier this year 9 companies formed an alliance to boost the industry

• Challenges include scaling products, bringing down costs and convincing consumers

In our latest ESG360 podcast, we speak with David Verbitsky, Head of AgTech & Sustainable Food at Nomura Greentech, about precision fermentation, a technology that is now being used for the manufacture of food and food ingredients.

David explores the demand for this nascent but growing market, as well as some of the challenges including scaling products, bringing down costs and convincing consumers.