Mission Barns Announces “World’s First” Retail Sale of Cultivated Meat in California

Cultivated pork producer Mission Barns has announced that its products will be sold at Berkeley Bowl, an independent grocery store in California, in a few days’ time. The company’s innovative cultivated meat will be brought to consumers through a limited four-event tasting series called Bites from the Barn, which will feature a range of products from cultivated pork meatballs to salami throughout November 2025 to February 2026.

Each event will be free to the public and will include live cooking demonstrations and opportunities for shoppers to meet Mission Barns’ scientists to learn about the technology behind cultivated meat. Berkeley Bowl’s Head Meat Buyer expressed excitement about offering the cultivated pork products to customers, highlighting the flavor and texture similarities to conventional pork while providing an option for meat-loving and flexitarian consumers. The events will also be observed by researchers at Tufts University’s Center for Cellular Agriculture to inform future studies and public acceptance frameworks, as Mission Barns continues to pioneer in the cultivated meat industry.