7 Sep 2023

Lab grown fruit, cellular horticulture research

From Afternoons, 1:36 pm on 7 September 2023

Would you eat lab grown fruit?

That's the next  frontier - with a team of New Zealand scientists looking to break new ground with regards to cellular horticulture by doing just that!

Plant and Food Research's Dr Ben Schon speaks to Susie.

Food by Design programme leader Ben Schon and strategy leader Samantha Baldwin assess a collection of cells at the Lincoln laboratory.

Food by Design programme leader Ben Schon and strategy leader Samantha Baldwin assess a collection of cells at the Lincoln laboratory. Photo: Adam Burns / RNZ