In the fall of 2025, Jeff Dodge set up a six-foot folding table in the cafeteria of Cane Bay High School in Summerville, South Carolina, to conduct a taste test. When the first rush of about 150 hungry students hit, he was waiting with slow cookers filled with steaming marinara sauce and meatballs.
Source: [MIT Tech Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/20/1145927/blended-meat-food-startups-building-bridge-to-ditch-red-meat/)