http://www.peta.org/feat_in_vitro_contest.asp
The near-militant animal rights organisation PETA have announced a $1 million prize for the first to create in vitro chicken that is: (a) indistinguishable in taste from real chicken; and (b) sold at a competitive price in at least 10 states. This has to happen before 2012. According to the NY Times, this was a very difficult decision for PETA to make, with some within the organisation very opposed to fake meat in principle. (I don’t understand this even slightly.)