Can meat move from pasture grazed to lab raised?

That’s a problem Dublin-based Matrix Meats is helping companies around the world try to solve.

The Dublin-based start-up received some seed-stage backing late last year and is growing, adding staff and looking for new opportunities.

CEO Eric Jenkusky said the business’ partners already include about 25% of the companies in the nascent cultivated meat segment around the world. That includes clients on five continents.

So what is cultivated meat and how might it help address issues like world hunger and food security?

Jenkusky spoke with Columbus Business First’s Newsmakers’ podcast on those topics and more including why the problem it is solving is a materials science problem not a biological one and how Central Ohio can continue to grow to be a hub for alternative food technology.