Vegetarians, carnivores, and technology
How big a threat is this 'cell-based meat' to the traditional cattle industry? Big enough that the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association has petitioned the government to restrict the words 'meat' and 'beef' to products 'derived directly from animals raised and slaughtered.'
“Right now, growing cells as meat instead of animals is a very expensive process,” said Yaakov Nahmias, founder and chief scientist of Future Meat Technologies, an Israel-based startup. But it will get cheaper, and it probably will be needed.
Global population is heading for 10 billion by 2050....
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