Under the present Conservative Party Administration, the U.K. Government Food Strategy is adopting scientific advances to improve the efficiency and availability of domestically-produced foods.  This is evidenced by introduction of new regulations favoring GM cultivars and increased support of agricultural and veterinary research institutions and colleges.

Aleph Farms of Israel has applied to produce cell-cultured beef in the U.K. with the Government entering into a bilateral agreement on collaboration with the Nation of Israel.

According to The Telegraph, George Freeman, Science Minister stated, “We are going to have to generate novel sources of protein to feed nine billion hungry mouths by 2050.  If we don’t quickly generate ways to develop low-cost protein we’re going to see huge geographic instability.”