The panel discussion summarized the environmental impacts of animal agriculture and seafood farming, and highlighted the growth potential of alternative proteins like plant-based and cell-based meats. Specifically: - Animal agriculture and seafood farming like shrimp farming contribute significantly to environmental degradation, climate change, and the depletion of marine species. - Shrimp farming in particular has led to widespread mangrove deforestation and pollution of water sources. - Alternative proteins require less land and water use than traditional meat and have the potential to disrupt the $1.4 trillion global meat industry. The alternative meat market is projected to be worth $140 billion by 2029. - Cell-based seafood companies are working to

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3. PUTTING THE PLANET ON A PANDEMIC DIET
THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE PROTIENS – PLANT-BASED & CELL-BASED
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/16/new-plant-focused-diet-would-transform-planets-future-say-scientists
“Humanity now poses a threat to the stability of
the planet. This requires nothing less than a new
global agricultural revolution.”
Prof. Johan Rockström, The Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden (2019)

4. A DEADLY COMBINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, CLIMATE CHANGE & ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
https://www.ft.com/content/a176c6b6-ce4c-11e9-b018-ca4456540ea6

5. PUTTING THE PLANET ON A PANDEMIC DIET
THE ROLE OF ALTERNATIVE PROTIENS – PLANT-BASED & CELL-BASED
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/bill-gates-and-richard-branson-bet-on-lab-grown-meat-startup.html
Did You Know?
• 23,000 factory ships that patrol the world’s oceans have destroyed 1/3 of the planet’s
commercially fished species. Nearly 90% of the world’s marine fish stocks are now fully
exploited, over exploited or depleted!
• Meat production is wildly inefficient. It takes more than 38 pounds of feed to produce
1 pound of beef
• One pound of beef requires 1,799 gallons (15,415 liters) of water
• 20 times the amount of grain needed to eliminate world hunger is given to farm
animals instead
• Cell-based meat requires 100 times less land and 5.5 times less water than traditional
meat

6. PROLIFERATION OF “FACTORY FARMS” IN FRAGILE WATER BODIES
THE GROWTH OF “FARMED” SEAFOOD

7. SHRIMP: THE UNTOLD STORY
THE GORY DETAILS BEHIND YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD
• Shrimp farming’s rapid growth has come at the cost of ravaged mangrove forests and the churning out of more greenhouse gas
per kilogram than beef processing
• Shrimp farming require mass-scale mangrove clearance, total land renovation, and a great deal of artificial feeding and the use
of chemicals, medications, and supplements to keep shrimp healthy, much of which is released into public waterways along with
old pond water
• Approximately 80 percent of farmed shrimp are raised from just two species – Penaeus Vannamei (Pacific White Shrimp) and
Penaeus Monodon (Giant Tiger Prawn). These monocultures are very susceptible to disease
• Mangroves account for only 0.7 percent of the Earth’s tropical forest area, but they are among the world’s most productive and
important ecosystems. Farmed shrimp was responsible for about 30% of mangrove deforestation and changes to coastal areas in
Southeast Asia impacting nearby wild fish populations
• To maintain water quality and salinity levels in their ponds, farmers have to pump enough groundwater contributing to the
decrease of river levels and other public water sources
• Each pound of wild shrimp caught creates twenty pounds of by-catch
• A high percentage of the shrimp sold by global supermarkets is peeled by slave laborers. 30% of shrimp products tested
contained other sea creatures. Additionally, many of the fish/crustaceans that humans consume contain microplastics

8. SHRIMP: THE UNTOLD STORY
THE GORY DETAILS BEHIND YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD

9. THE GROWTH OF ALTERNATIVE PROTIENS
THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET & THE FUTURE OF FOOD
https://www.ft.com/content/a176c6b6-ce4c-11e9-b018-ca4456540ea6
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nzk43b/why-the-meat-factories-of-the-future-will-look-like-breweries

10. THE GROWTH OF ALTERNATIVE PROTIENS
THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET & THE FUTURE OF FOOD
https://www.ft.com/content/a176c6b6-ce4c-11e9-b018-ca4456540ea6
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nzk43b/why-the-meat-factories-of-the-future-will-look-like-breweries
Q1
The Alternative Meat Market Could Be Worth $140 Billion By 2029

12. THE “SHRIMP” BREWERY
CELL-BASED SEAFOOD

13. GLOBAL MARKET FOR SHRIMP
INCREASING GLOBAL DEMAND PUTS FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS AT GREATER RISK
The global shrimp market is projected to reach a volume of 7.28 Million Tons by 2025, growing at a CAGR of
6.1% during 2020-2025. Marine shrimp and prawns were the second-most valuable species in aquaculture,
accounting for almost 14% of a global market in 2017

14. RESEARCH NOTES
LINKS TO ARTICLES
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/16/new-plant-focused-diet-would-transform-planets-future-say-scientists
• https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/bill-gates-and-richard-branson-bet-on-lab-grown-meat-startup.html
• https://medium.com/@izzygrandic/the-next-billion-dollar-company-will-be-in-lab-grown-meat-c7a806d3ac54
• https://bigideaventures.com/new-protein/
• https://vegconomist.com/interviews/shiok-meats-we-want-to-be-the-leader-for-cell-based-seafood/
• https://www.asianscientist.com/2020/05/features/asias-changemakers-ling-ka-yi-shiok-meats/
• https://psmag.com/environment/the-environmental-impacts-of-shrimp-farming-in-vietnam
• https://www.ft.com/content/a176c6b6-ce4c-11e9-b018-ca4456540ea6
• https://karmaimpact.com/shrimp-farmings-environmental-harm-may-do-collateral-damage-to-investors-with-63-billion-exposure/
• https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/farmed-shrimp
• https://theecologist.org/2020/mar/04/mangrove-deforestation-rates-increase
• https://www.gfi.org/blog-alternative-protein-public-funding-report
• https://aquaculture.ggn.org/en/faqs-frequently-asked-questions.html
• http://www.fao.org/gleam/results/en/
• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/nzk43b/why-the-meat-factories-of-the-future-will-look-like-breweries
• https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpellmanrowland/2019/04/28/shiokmeats/#4e298e281f7c
• https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/singapores-shiok-meats-lab-grown-shrimp
• https://www.gfi.org/non-cms-pages/splash-sites/soi-reports/files/SOI-Report-Cell-Based.pdf

15. Q & A
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