Cultured meat and cowless milk: on making markets for animal-free food

Journal of Cultural Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 315-329

  Mouat, Michael J ^a   Prince, Russell ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

biocapital; cellular agriculture; clean meat; In vitro meat; marketisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044343196     PISSN: 17530350     EISSN: 17530369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17530350.2018.1452277     Document Type: Article

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