(CBS News) Seth Doane - At a laboratory near Tel Aviv, Aleph Farms is growing steak from the stem cells of cows. "We can produce meat more efficiently in a way which is more ethical, more sustainable and healthier," said Aleph Farms CEO Didier Toubia. "Right now, most of the agriculture is there to feed the animals," said investor Erel Margalit. He said the planet will not sustain the way we currently eat. At SuperMeat, they extract stem cells from chickens. "The beauty with cell-based meat is that once you've established the cell bank you don't need the chicken anymore," CEO Ido Savir said. "So, theoretically, one chicken could feed the world." A vegan himself, Savir thinks there's also potential for consumers who object to killing an animal. And as to our taste of the future? It was surprisingly normal.
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