Bezos Boosts Funding for Livestock Alternatives to $100 Million
- Bezos fund previously announced $60 million in funding
- It has pledged $1 billion to tackle food’s impact on climate
Jeff Bezos
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The Bezos Earth Fund boosted funding for developing alternative proteins to $100 million as part of efforts to address food’s impact on the climate.
The Jeff Bezos-backed philanthropic organization is putting money into opening Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein, which will conduct research on plant-based alternatives, precision fermentation and cultivated meat. It has earmarked North Carolina State University as a first location for such a center, announcing a grant $30 million to create a biomanufacturing hub for dietary proteins, it said in a statement Friday.