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This is Ted Health, a podcast from the Ted Audio Collective. I'm your host Dr. Shoshona Ungerlighter.

For 12-year-old Uma Valletti, a birthday party barbecue became the unlikely catalyst for a food revolution.

Witnessing the stark contrast between celebration

and animal slaughter ignited a lifelong quest

to resolve the paradox of his love for meat and its troubling production.

Dr. Valletti, now a pioneering food innovator, takes us on a journey from that pivotal childhood moment to the cutting edge of

culinary science. His work focuses on developing new means of food production,

specifically growing meat out of animal cells. In his vision for the future, we can

indulge in the flavors we crave without sacrificing our ethics, our environment, or our health.

But before we dive in, a quick break to hear from our sponsors.

Hi, I'm Debbie Melman and I host a podcast called Design Matters from the Ted Audio Collective.

Every episode I have conversations with designers, writers, artists, and other luminaries of contemporary thought.

People like Roman Mars, Iaway Way, Ethan Hawk, and Ashley Ford.

We not only talk about their crafts, but how they design the arc of their lives, what they've learned,

what obstacles they've overcome and how they've done it, and how they see the world.

Join us for an inquiry into the broader world of creative culture.

Find and follow design matters with Debbie Millman

wherever you're listening to this.

And now Uma Valletti takes the TED stage.

I was 12 years old when I came face to face

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