New Harvest is made up of one dedicated full time Director, a supportive and diverse Board, and several enthusiastic and committed volunteers. If you would like to be part of New Harvest’s network, let us know how you’d like to get involved.

Isha Datar, Executive Director of New Harvest

Isha has a BSc. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Alberta and a M.Biotech from the University of Toronto. In 2010, she published a review paper on the many advances in tissue engineering that could be applied to cultured meat. In 2012, she spoke at TEDxToronto about cultured meat and eating sustainably through changing one’s meat intake.

Isha’s work has contributed to the development of Canada’s first in vitro meat lab at the University of Alberta, with her research being featured in several articles in Canada and abroad.

Meanwhile, her advocacy for the responsible use of science to contribute to food security has led to multiple speaking engagements on in vitro meat and agrobiotechnology patent reform. Isha is a major supporter of allowing science to come out of the lab and into the broader public discourse.

Isha hopes to make New Harvest 1) a community that is transparent and accessible 2) an      organization that is truly advancing world-changing science.