New Harvest

Name

New Harvest

Legal name

New Harvest Inc.

Website

https://new-harvest.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Research Organization — Cellular Agriculture

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (Fair Trade, Food Access, Regenerative) (BPAGALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cultivated Meat Producers (Cell-Cultured Meat & Seafood) (AFANAKAC), Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (BPAGAGAI)

Keywords

• Cellular agriculture research
• Nonprofit field building
• Research grants funding
• Cultured meat safety
• Open science publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Philanthropy / Donations: New Harvest is primarily funded by philanthropy from individual donors, family foundations, and charitable organizations. Donations are accepted in US funds (501(c)(3)) and Canadian funds (registered charity). Multiple giving mechanisms exist: one-time gifts, monthly recurring donations, stock donations, donor-advised fund (DAF) contributions, wire transfers, and legacy/planned gifts.
2. Government Project Grants: Project-specific government funding (US federal agencies like NSF, Canadian federal/provincial grants, EU Horizon Europe). US entity has limited government support; Canadian entity has significant matching fund requirements; Netherlands entity is primarily government grant-funded.
3. Legacy / Planned Gifts: Bequests through wills and estate plans (residual or specific bequests). Also includes life insurance beneficiary designations, retirement fund designations (IRA, RRSP, RRIF), and charitable remainder trusts. Tax-advantaged giving mechanisms for US and Canadian donors.
4. Corporate Matching Gifts: Donations are amplified through employer matching gift programs. New Harvest actively promotes this mechanism to maximize donor impact at no additional cost to the organization.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

New Harvest is a nonprofit field-building organization that advances cellular agriculture for the public good by funding open, early-stage research through grants and fellowships; producing open-access publications, repositories, and resources; convening researchers, industry, government, and civil society through conferences and multi-partner consortiums; and publishing regulatory and safety frameworks (notably a Cultured Meat Safety Roadmap) cited by the FAO and IPCC. It operates through three legally independent nonprofit entities in the US (501(c)(3)), Canada (registered 149(1)(f) charity), and the Netherlands (KVK-registered non-profit foundation).

Product overview

New Harvest is a non-profit field-building organization advancing cellular agriculture for the public good, not a traditional product company. The organization's 'offerings' are programs, funding initiatives, and open resources rather than commercial products. Key offerings include: Collaborative Research Ecosystems (CAPE, FEASTS, CMSI, AICAI) that unite global stakeholders around specific cellular agriculture challenges; Targeted Field-Building Interventions including the Research Grants Program supporting researchers globally; the Advancing Cellular Agriculture Bulletin as a scholarly publication; and Open Resources including the Open Cell Ag Repository, Open Image Library, and Foundational Cellular Agriculture Textbook. The Canadian Student Activation Fund provides student funding. All intellectual property assets are made accessible for public use under open licensing. New Harvest operates across the US, Canada, and Netherlands as legally independent entities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The New Harvest Grants Program A catalytic grant-making program that funds early-career and established researchers to build the academic foundations of cellular agriculture; supports 60+ researchers across 37 institutions in 9 countries, generating 60+ foundational scientific papers.
• Canadian Student Activation Fund Provides up to $2,500 per student project for high-school and post-secondary students at Canadian institutions to run activities that grow the student cellular agriculture ecosystem.
• New Harvest Conference The world's first cellular agriculture conference, a flagship annual ticketed event convening researchers, companies, policymakers, investors, and enthusiasts; proceeds support New Harvest's mission.
• Advancing Cellular Agriculture Bulletin A scholarly bulletin that keeps practitioners, researchers, and policymakers informed about the latest advancements in cellular agriculture through high-level reviews, technology summaries, and policy discussions.
• Open Cell Ag Repository (opencellag.com) An open, free, and easily accessible repository of journal articles, book chapters, presentations, protocols, datasets, and other scholarly resources in cellular agriculture.
• Open Image Library An open-source library of clear, engaging, science-based illustrations and images to help the cellular agriculture community communicate more effectively.
• Foundational Cellular Agriculture Textbook The first comprehensive reference textbook for the field: "Cellular Agriculture: Technology, Society, Sustainability and Science" (2021–2023).
• Open Source Bioreactor Project An accessible, open-source bioreactor design intended as a research tool for the entire cellular agriculture community; project spanned 2017–2023.
• Cultured Meat Safety Roadmap (CMSI Phase 1) A peer-reviewed safety roadmap developed with Vireo Advisors that identifies research questions to close safety gaps in cultured-meat production; cited by FAO and IPCC reports.
• AI in Cellular Agriculture Initiative (AICAI) Initiative applying AI in the public domain to advance breakthroughs in cellular agriculture, including machine-learning model development for cell culture media optimization; funded by Schmidt Futures with collaborative support from AMII (2022–ongoing).
• Open Access Publication & Collaboration Guidelines Policies and guidelines (Open Access Publication Guidelines and Open Access Collaboration Guidelines) to help navigate doing Open Science and ensure public- and donor-funded work serves the public good.

Quantifiable outcome

• $13.4M+ deployed to projects; $3B+ in follow-on investments; 40+ international projects; 80+ partnerships; 60+ publications; 60 researchers funded across 37 institutions in 9 countries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

28 partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

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• YouTubeminorOthersYouTube is used for video display (conference recordings, TED talks, etc.). Privacy policy applies.
• Every.orgminorOthersEvery.org provides a donation integration allowing US donors to give through their platform.
• DAF PayminorOthersDonor-advised fund payment integration allowing DAF holders to donate directly through New Harvest's website.
• StockDonatorminorOthersStockDonator is used to facilitate gifts of publicly traded stock or securities. Enables tax-advantaged stock donations.
• Double the DonationminorOthersMatching gift information provider. Powers the employer matching gifts lookup and resources on New Harvest's website.
• CULT Food SciencecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint venture partner in OpenCellAg (OpenCellAg.com), a Network of Excellence gathering and managing projects to create foundational cellular agriculture infrastructure, methods, and knowledge to be shared globally. Led by Lejjy Gafour of CULT. Funded by Consecon Foundation, Farvue Foundation, and Sara Murray.
• District 3 Innovation CentrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-host of the 'Landscape of Canadian Science and Technology in Cellular Agriculture Virtual Series' — Chatham House rule events designed to spark connections and innovation within Canada's cellular agriculture community.
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner co-hosting the Canadian cellular agriculture virtual event series. AAFC is the Government of Canada department supporting Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector through innovation and competitiveness initiatives.
• University of Fraser Valley — Food and Agriculture Institute (FAI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research partner for social and economic dimensions of cellular agriculture in Canada. Dr. Lenore Newman and Dr. Robert Newell conducted research on cellular agriculture's potential for food security, economic development, and sustainability in British Columbia. Funded by Future Skills Centre.
• Vireo AdvisorscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with New Harvest on the landmark cultured meat safety initiative and the peer-reviewed safety roadmap, which was published in Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety and cited by FAO and IPCC.
• Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (AMII)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partner (alongside New Harvest) in funding the Machine Learning in Cellular Agriculture residency position for Ali Parsaee, who is developing ML models to optimize cell culture media for cultured meat.
• Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Harvest-funded research by Natalie Rubio at TUCCA was cited in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. TUCCA is a key academic partner in New Harvest's research ecosystem.
• University of AlbertacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Harvest is developing an Institute of Cellular Agriculture at the University of Alberta under the OpenCellAg initiative with CULT Food Science. Agri-Food Discovery Place will house the institute — a facility equipped for cell culture, large-scale fermentation, and food science.
• Cellular Agriculture Canada (CAC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNew Harvest Canada leads a relaunched CAC as a multi-stakeholder coalition of 24 founding members, building and steering Canada's cellular agriculture ecosystem toward growth, sustainability, and global leadership.
• 3D Bio-TissuesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst collaboration of New Harvest Netherlands on the safety of animal-free media for cultured meat.
• IntegricultureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the 'Meat the Future Challenge' student competition. Providing cultured meat starter kits to winning students.
• CAPE (Cellular Agriculture Prairies Ecosystem) ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner12-partner effort (2025-ongoing) to kickstart a cellular agriculture applied research and innovation ecosystem on the Canadian Prairies. Federally funded initiative led by New Harvest Canada.
• EPIC-SHIFT ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner20-partner, 14-country EU-funded consortium researching the environmental, social, and economic potential of alternative proteins. 2025-ongoing.
• FEASTS ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner35-partner, 17-country EU-funded consortium (Horizon Europe) researching foundational technologies and socio-economic impacts of cultured meat and seafood. 2024-ongoing. New Harvest hosts the 2nd General Assembly.
• CMSI (Cultured Meat Safety Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniting the global cultured meat and seafood community around matters of safety. 87 people from 50 companies shared previously unpublished manufacturing details. Phase 1 produced a safety roadmap cited by FAO and IPCC. Phase 2 fundraising ongoing.
• AICAI (AI in Cellular Agriculture Initiative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInitiative applying AI in the public domain to advance breakthroughs in cellular agriculture. 2022-ongoing. Funded by Schmidt Futures with collaborative support from AMII.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Eat Just (GOOD Meat): A US food technology company with GOOD Meat as its cultivated meat division, which received the world's first regulatory approval for sale of cultivated meat (Singapore, 2020). Eat Just represents the most mature commercial outcome of the cellular agriculture field New Harvest has built for two decades.
• The EVERY Company: A US-based cultivated protein company producing animal proteins (ovalbumin, whey, casein) via precision fermentation, with origins in work that New Harvest supported. EVERY represents the cultivated dairy/protein commercialization path that New Harvest's open research ecosystem has helped enable.
• Aleph Farms: An Israeli cultivated meat company growing beef steaks directly from animal cells. As one of the most capitalized cultivated meat players, Aleph Farms is a key beneficiary of New Harvest's pre-competitive research funding and safety roadmap, and represents the commercial end of the ecosystem New Harvest builds.
• Meatable: A Dutch cultivated meat company using proprietary technology to produce pork and beef from animal cells. Meatable's former Cell Line Development lead (Maria Gomes Fernandes) is now New Harvest's EU Director, making it a closely linked cultivated meat partner within New Harvest's ecosystem.
• Perfect Day: A US precision fermentation company producing dairy proteins without animals. Perfect Day is among the cultivated protein companies whose formation and scaling New Harvest helped catalyze through its early field-building work, including support for the founding team.
• Mosa Meat: A Dutch cultivated meat company that produced the world's first lab-grown hamburger in 2013. Mosa Meat's former Head of QA/Regulatory (Dwayne Holmes) is now New Harvest's EU Director, creating direct ties. Mosa Meat represents the European commercial cellular agriculture end of New Harvest's field-building work.

Direct peers

• The Good Food Institute (GFI): The leading global nonprofit focused on accelerating alternative protein innovation, including plant-based and cultivated meat. GFI is the most direct peer to New Harvest, operating a similar field-building model with deeper pockets and a broader alt-protein mandate. Both organizations fund open research and shape industry standards, though GFI's scope is much wider.
• ProVeg International: A global food awareness organization working to accelerate the transition to plant-based and cultured alternatives. ProVeg operates advocacy, research funding, and policy engagement programs comparable to New Harvest's field-building role, though with a heavier European presence and broader alt-protein remit.

Regional players

• New Food Frontier: Australia and New Zealand's leading alt-protein industry body, providing accelerator programs, research support, and policy advocacy for the cellular agriculture and plant-based ecosystem. Functionally analogous to New Harvest's role in North America but operating exclusively in the APAC region.
• Future Food Asia: A Singapore-headquartered platform connecting alternative protein innovators, investors, and policymakers across the Asia-Pacific region. Future Food Asia serves a comparable ecosystem-building role to New Harvest in a different geography, supporting cultivated meat and alt-protein startups with capital and policy advocacy.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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