isha datar

Isha Datar is the Executive Director of New Harvest, a 501(c)(3) research organization founded in 2004 to innovate in the production of animal products from cell cultures. In 2010, Isha authored a seminal paper, Possibilities for an in vitro meat production system, to highlight advances that had been made in the medical sciences that could be applied to food production. She co-founded Perfect Day, making milk without cows, in April 2014; and Clara Foods, making eggs without chickens, in November 2014. Today, New Harvest is the leading funder of public, academic research in cellular agriculture, and a central hub for the growing cellular agriculture community.