Blackstone, Nicole Tichenor https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8343-3650
Pavlova, Anisiya
Trinidad, Kirsten R.
Nikkhah, Amin
Sinke, Pelle
Heller, Martin
Duncan-Duggal, Joe
Ridoutt, Brad
Smetana, Sergiy
Makov, Tamar
Shabtai, Shira
Green, Ashley
Barnes, Will
Bhattarai, Ira
Goyal, Shashank
Imholz, Nicole
Meshulam, Tamar
Nadar, Cresha Gracy
Norris, Gregory A.
Quandt, Julian
Ronco, Natalie
Tuomisto, Hanna L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2021-699012- 35978)
Towards Sustainability Foundation (Towards Sustainability Foundation)
Moonshot Research and Development Program (JPJ009237)
Moonshot Research and Development Program (JPJ009237)
Article History
Received: 10 June 2025
Accepted: 12 October 2025
First Online: 3 December 2025
Declarations
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: Nicole Tichenor Blackstone, Anisiya Pavlova, Kirsten R Trinidad, Amin Nikkhah, Sergiy Smetana, Ashley Green, Ira Bhattarai, Tamar Meshulam, Cresha Gracy Nadar, Julian Quandt, and Natalie Ronco have no competing interests to declare. Pelle Sinke and Nicole Imholz are consultants to various companies and NGOs active in the field of cultivated meat and conventional animal farming. Martin Heller has offered consultancy and performed environmental impact assessments for companies throughout the food and agriculture sector, including cultivated products and conventional livestock products. Joe Duncan-Duggal has completed environmental impact assessments on behalf of a range of private sector food businesses throughout the food system. This has included both organisations producing alternative and animal protein products, as well as those serving food containing either or both. Brad Ridoutt has undertaken food systems research related to environmental issues for a variety of private sector organizations and Australian government agencies. This has included Dairy Australia and Meat and Livestock Australia. Tamar Makov has offered consultancy and performed environmental impact assessments for cellular agriculture companies including cultivated products. Will Barnes is working on an LCA of cultivated meat as part of a CASE funded PhD studentship with a cellular agriculture company partner. Shashank Goyal is working on a EU funded project ’FEASTS - Fostering European Cellular Agriculture for Sustainable Transition Solutions. Greg Norris is working on an LCA of cultivated meat for a private company. He first completed a scoping LCA and is now working on an in-depth LCA.