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Thick and thin food justice approaches in the evaluation of cellular agriculture

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Critics of cellular agriculture fear that sector growth will reinforce unjust food system dynamics. Food justice frameworks can inform development and evaluation of the sector’s contribution to fairer and more sustainable food systems.

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This research was supported by a USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture AFRI Competitive Grant (Project PENW-2018-08967).

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  1. Department of Communication Studies, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA

    Garrett M. Broad

  2. Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, Department of Food Science, Rock Ethics Institute, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Robert M. Chiles

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Broad, G.M., Chiles, R.M. Thick and thin food justice approaches in the evaluation of cellular agriculture. Nat Food 3, 795–797 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-022-00603-x

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