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Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Cuts Dozens of Jobs

Upside Foods is slashing staff, citing legislative, regulatory, and funding headwinds.

In February, WIRED revealed that the startup had put on hold its plans to build a large cultivated-meat plant in Illinois and made “selective role eliminations” and “other changes” that would impact 16 employees. To stay agile in the face of an uncertain macroeconomic environment and preserve the resources needed to reach our milestones, we made the difficult decision to eliminate a number of positions,” said interim head of communications Melissa Musiker in a statement to WIRED. Outside the event, a mobile billboard protesting against cultivated meat directed people to a website backed by the Center for Environment and Welfare—a group linked to public relations firm Berman and Company, which has a long history of supporting nonprofits that defend the interests of the .

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