Billion Dollar Burger

A thorough, thoughtful dive into the revolution coming for our plates. I learned so muchA wild ride to the far horizon of our food system. Chase Purdy breaks important new ground in this gripping account about the innovators, activists and big-money investors who are reinventing meat as we know it. Not only are they changing the world - they’re doing it a lot faster than you thinkThis is a fast-paced, early peek into what will soon be the topic at dinner for the next two decades: lab-grown meat. What do we call it, is it good, should I eat it? Read this and get ahead of the curveBillion Dollar Burger is a journalistic feat, offering us the first real, behind-the-scenes look at the wild world of vegans, scientists and venture capitalists racing to upend our plates. A thoughtful, entertaining, well-researched and essential bookCan humanity move beyond the slaughterhouse? Billion Dollar Burger is a compulsive and well-researched account of the scientists, entrepreneurs and activists trying to save the world through high-tech meatA deeply reported account of the science, politics, and personalities behind cell-cultured meat that every eater needs to read. Chase Purdy brings the stuff of science fiction to life in this fascinating book

Chase Purdy brilliantly chronicles the emergence of a new industry poised to set us on the path to a more humane future, with dramatic implications for agriculture, the environment and the way we think about food

– Martin Ford, author of Rise of the Robots and Architects of IntelligenceA thoroughly enjoyable read. Chase Purdy offers us a window into this nascent industry at a particularly interesting time in the growth of the early pioneer cultured meat companies. He delivers an insightful narrative into the future of our food system and navigates the politics and personalities that are shaping the scaling, regulation and consumer acceptance of cultured meat – Illtud Dunsford, CEO, Cellular Agriculture LtdA very interesting read. This advance in technology could have a massive influence on our future. Whether or not you’d serve lab-grown meat on your dinner table, it has the power to save billions of animals from exploitation and could enable us to conserve the planet – Lucy Watson, bestselling author of Feed Me VeganA well-researched and insightful narrative of the “edible space race” … Billion Dollar Burger is an exciting and unpredictable journey into the heart of a growing new sector that will have huge consequences for the future of the planet – Gege Li * Chemistry World *

Chase Purdy is a New York-based writer who has covered the business and politics of food. He began reporting on food issues in 2014 at Politico in Washington, DC. While there, he covered the development and rollout of the US Dietary Guidelines, a federal nutrition policy document that informs what foods meet eligibility for inclusion in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as well as what can be served on military bases and in the $16 billion federal school meals program. He also covered the meat industry, agricultural lobbying, food safety policy, and the effects of antibiotic use in animal agriculture.

Before tackling the food beat, he worked in Virginia and Florida covering an array of topics that include the criminal justice system, immigration and politics at the state, and local levels. His work has appeared in Quartz, The New York Times, as well as in newspapers across the country.