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June 18, 2021

The Big Idea: Milking microbes instead of cows

Israel's Imagindairy uses engineered microorganisms to make milk with a protein structure identical to cows' milk.


Maija Palmer

4 min read

Welcome to The Big Idea, where each week we pick a company with a weird, wacky or gamechanging notion that could have a massive impact on the world around us.

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