Mission Barns

11/17/2025

"How are you growing cultivated fat?"
"Why fat? Isn't fat bad for you?"
"What's in your ingredient list?"
"Is this healthier for me and my family?"

These are the questions Bay Area shoppers are asking - and our team want to talk about them with you!

Join us at Berkeley Bowl West on December 12 for our next product demo.
Come taste our free meatballs, meet the team, and ask us anything.

The long time followers, the curious newcomers, the skeptics who say they'll never eat cultivated meat: everyone’s welcome, and we want to hear from you :D

Event details here: https://luma.com/uzcp1vp3

11/12/2025

🛒 Did you get a chance to try cultivated meat - that's real pork without the pig - at Berkeley Bowl earlier this month?

If not, come visit us in aisle 16 on Friday, December 12.

As part of our Bites from the Barn series, Chef Zachary Tyndall will be in-store cooking fresh Italian-style meatballs served with marinara. 🧑‍🍳

Same taste, better everything else 👌

History is happening at Berkeley Bowl West - Bay area's favorite independent grocery store. Join us for the world’s first grocery store sale of cultivated…

11/03/2025

🛒 CULTIVATED MEAT WAS SOLD IN US RETAIL FOR THE FIRST TIME 💫

On Saturday afternoon, shoppers at Berkeley Bowl West lined up to be the first to put cultivated pork in their grocery baskets.

Our cultivated pork meatballs were available in the frozen meat aisle, giving shoppers a new, tasty option for their weekly shop. This marks the first time consumers could buy cultivated meat, take it home, and cook it for themselves.

Throughout the afternoon, we served over 100 freshly cooked meatballs. The rich, savory aroma of pork filled the area, drawing curious shoppers in before they even saw what was happening - introducing everyday customers to cultivated meat, many for the very first time.

Huge thanks to the incredible Berkeley Bowl Produce Inc. team, our team, and every shopper who came out to taste what food can and will be.

Missed out? No fear - we have more events happening at Berkeley Bowl! Sign up here: https://luma.com/uzcp1vp3

10/31/2025

Tomorrow’s the day, Bay Area! 🎉

For the first time ever, you can put cultivated meat in your shopping basket and take it home to cook for yourself.

📍 Berkeley Bowl West
920 Heinz Ave, Berkeley, CA 94710

SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER:
🕒 3PM: Limited release of Mission Barns’ cultivated pork meatballs
🎫 One lucky pack hides a Golden Ticket - an invite to our SF tasting + tour, where you’ll get to try some brand-new creations from the Mission Barns innovation kitchen.)

👨‍🍳 4PM: Live cooking demo + free samples, first come first served!

10/31/2025

“Fat is really where a lot of that delicious, meaty, umami flavor comes from,” Chang says. And Mission Barns sees these fats as a “next generation functional flavoring ingredient that can go into alternative proteins or other savory applications.” - Cecilia Chang, quoted in Fast Company

Thank you Kristin Toussaint for covering our upcoming retail sale at Berkeley Bowl Produce Inc.

See you in aisle 16 at 3pm - limit one pack per customer!

Berkeley Bowl West will sell Mission Barns's cultured pork meatballs for one day only; it'll also have a series of in-store tastings.

10/29/2025

CALLING ALL HOME COOKS! 👩‍🍳

Will you be the first shopper in the world to buy cultivated meat in US retail? 👀

Come to Berkeley Bowl Produce Inc. this Saturday at 3pm and be one of the first people ever to buy cultivated pork meatballs—ready to take home and cook.

👨‍🍳 Plus, Chef Zachary Tyndall will be serving up free samples of our meatballs in store.

🎫 ​And here’s a bonus reason to join us: one lucky pack will contain a Golden Ticket - your invitation to an exclusive tasting and tour at Mission Barns’ facility in San Francisco, where you'll get to try some other fun products in our innovation pipeline.

Sign up via Luma for event details:

History is happening at Berkeley Bowl West - Bay area's favorite independent grocery store. Join us for the world’s first grocery store sale of cultivated…

10/27/2025

What do Bay Area shoppers think of cultivated meat?

We spoke to customers at Berkeley Bowl West to find out.

10/23/2025

Run, don’t walk, to aisle 16 at Berkeley Bowl on Nov 1 🛒 🏃‍♀️

We’re kicking off Bites from the Barn, a new series bringing our cultivated pork directly to you — starting with our first-ever grocery sale.

Who’s having cultivated meatballs for dinner? 🍝✨
https://bit.ly/47ralwM

San Francisco, CA — Mission Barns, a pioneer in cultivated pork innovation, today announced that the world’s first retail sale of cultivated meat will take place at Berkeley Bowl in California on November 1, 2025. The milestone extends Mission Barns’ progress from its first restaurant debut at...

09/25/2025

At the Food Tank & J.P. Morgan 2nd Annual Sustainable Foods Showcase during , Mission Barns shared 3 core values on cultivated fat to the crowd:
🔥 Fat is flavor
💡 Nutrition by design, add omega 3, reduce saturated fat
🔑 Fat is a functional ingredient that can be added to a million things
The future of protein is here. 🚀

09/22/2025

"[The meal] was delicious. It was vegan as long as we’re not splitting hairs about whether an animal was harmed in the making of this dinner (...), let’s settle on it being pro-animal." - Larissa Zimberoff

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09/11/2025

🔥 Woohoo! Our very first sales dinner was a HUGE success! Officially kicking off the world’s first-ever cultivated pork sales. 🎉 Who’s hungry to join the next pop-up? 🚀

09/04/2025

⏳ Just 2 days left until you can try cultivated pork!

This is your moment to seize the opportunity and secure your entry into the lottery for our Pop-up dinners at Fiorella! The marking Mission Barns’ historic first sale of cultivated pork.

Don’t let history pass you by! Sign up down below
🔗 [link https://lu.ma/n3rrv5bm]

Join the waitlist to enter the lottery for your chance to get in one of the limited seats. We’re making history. Mission Barns invites you to a…