Jeff Bezos Donates $30 Million to Develop Fake Meat
June 18, 2024
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s charity is establishing a multimillion-dollar research facility at North Carolina State University for manufacturing fake meat products, both plant- and cell-based proteins.
According to a release from NC State, the Bezos Earth Fund awarded the university $30 million over five years to create the Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein. The center will become a “biomanufacturing hub for dietary proteins that are environmentally friendly, healthy, accessible and affordable.”