New Harvest, Inc.
Maximizing the positive impact of cellular agriculture.
Mission
New Harvest is laying the groundwork for the future of agriculture by reimagining the way we make animal products—using cells instead of animals (aka cellular agriculture). Founded in 2004, we are the world’s longest-running 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing cultured meat research. Our mission is to maximize the positive impact of cellular agriculture, ensuring this emerging technology delivers on its promises to create a more equitable and sustainable food system by ending our dependence on animal agriculture. We fund public research and industry-wide initiatives to accelerate scientific breakthroughs and address shared challenges that transcend private interests.
Ruling year
2005
Executive Director
Isha Datar
Main address
1401 21st Street Suite 4556
Sacramento, CA 95811 USA
EIN
20-1425438
NTEE code
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (K05)
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (C05)
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis (D05)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The way we mass-produce animal products today is a serious threat to the environment, public health, and animals. Considering the impacts, threats, and challenges of livestock farming, it is extremely important that we explore different ways to feed our growing global population.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Research Grants and Programming
Our flagship program is the New Harvest Fellowship, which provides 3 years of support for graduate and postdoctoral researchers who want to dedicate their work to cellular agriculture. This program is our largest expenditure. Since 2015, this program has rapidly expanded, supporting 29 fellows total. The programming is a combination of funding to support their research at their university and community programming to foster connection and collaboration.
Our additional research grant programs, the Seed Grant and the Dissertation Award, are smaller, one time funding commitments. The Seed Grant is up to $5000 for researchers pursuing short-term projects in cellular agriculture, typically as undergraduate or Master’s students. The Dissertation Award is $10,000 for late stage graduate students to help them publish their cell-ag-adjacent research and make a leap into a cellular agriculture-focused career.
Community Building
Since our founding in 2004, New Harvest has been building the cellular agriculture community. By building relationships and providing advice, feedback, support, and introductions we have helped some of the first labs, companies, and funders get involved in cellular agriculture.
We also collaborate directly with cellular agriculture companies, always with the scope of elevating the whole field. In 2020 our safety initiative brought together 87 industry leaders from 50 different cultured meat companies around the world to set research priorities for establishing cultured meat’s safety. It’s an example of early, proactive collective action in a heavily privatized field.
Public Engagement
Our public engagement work is focused on socializing the idea of cellular agriculture with the public, striving to deepen the conversation rather than drive mass appeal.
One of the main pillars of our public engagement work is our annual conference. The conference is our opportunity to welcome new voices into the field, to host neglected and tough conversations, and to bring together a population of activated individuals seeking a place in the field. Our feedback surveys have indicated that the event was a source of inspiration for curious folks to enter the field, for founders to meet funders, and for research collaborations to arise.
Where we work
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of research products contributed to cellular agriculture (i.e. peer-reviewed publications)
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults, Academics
Related Program
Research Grants and Programming
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Cumulative peer-reviewed papers
Number of research studies funded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Research Grants and Programming
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Cumulative research projects and initiatives funded
Goals & Strategy
Reports and documents
Download strategic planLearn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
We want to see a world where food can be grown from cells, instead of animals, to feed our global population sustainably and affordably.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
To us, scientific advancements and the trained scientists who can make these advancements are the neglected, limiting factor holding back cellular agriculture’s growth.
New Harvest accelerates breakthroughs in cellular agriculture by (1) funding pre-competitive research, (2) conducted by cell ag scientists in training, and (3) communicating the progress and promise of cell ag to the world.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
New Harvest's interdisciplinary team applies a deep understanding of the complex academic, non-profit, government, and industry landscape to innovation in cellular agriculture.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
As of the end of 2021, New Harvest has:
(1) Supported research leading to 44 total peer-reviewed scientific publications with 27 more in progress
(2) Supported 37 independent research projects, globally
(3) 1.7 million views of our cellular agriculture TED talk
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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New Harvest, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 10/17/2022
Isha Datar
New Harvest
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable
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