Ready for Meat Grown in a Lab?
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
February 6, 2023 4:01pm CST
The US Food and Drug Administration says that meat grown in a laboratory is safe to eat. It may even be on the menus of some upscale restaurants in the not-too-distant future, but it will be quite expensive compared to the real thing for a long time. This particular meat is grown from cultured chicken cells, but the same thing can be done with beef, pork & seafood.
One advantage would be much less land and water would be used, it would be more humane for animals for sure and the article I read on CNN Health says that the "food system is responsible for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from animal agriculture. "
It'll be a while yet, but the future is coming for those of us who will still be around.
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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
7 Feb 23
@JamesHxstatic If they get it off the ground it might be the solution to pollution, now if we could do away with car exhausts and with electric cars I suppose we will.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Feb 23
@RubyHawk That is a possibility, I hope.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Feb 23
Funny though, how we get used to things.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
11 Feb 23
@JamesHxstatic It is a matter of necessity to get used to things if we don't have a choice. But, yuck!!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Feb 23
That's not a bad idea either, not sure I could though.
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@Deepizzaguy (122067)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
6 Feb 23
It appears that plant food will popular in restaurants and food stores in the future.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Feb 23
Yes, and it will help with less global warming.
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@Deepizzaguy (122067)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Feb 23
@JamesHxstatic That is a good benefit for plant food to reduce global warming.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Feb 23
That's what they said about the telephone, just kidding, @db20747.
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@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
7 Feb 23
@JamesHxstatic yeah, LOL ! These phones are straight out of star trek
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
7 Feb 23
I think it is great. People would probably feel better about eating meat, if animals weren't slaughtered to get it. Plus, as you said the environmental impacts of animal farming are astronomical.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
7 Feb 23
An article I read last week, in a local magazine minimized the impact of global greenhouse gas emissions from animals. It seems it has been widely exaggerated... May be someone has big interested in the new lab meat business.
I would stick of eggs, cheese and vegetables, but I would not eat meat grown in labs.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Feb 23
Nope, I will never eat anything like that especially if it comes from a laboratory.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
6 Feb 23
I think that I would at least try it. We must make some accommodations to get global warming under control. It may be years away yet though.
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
7 Feb 23
I don't eat meat so it doesn't matter to me.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Feb 23
At least two have answered that way. Also, my daughter doesn't eat meat either.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Feb 23
I understand that viewpoint too.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
6 Feb 23
Well they are composting humans now, so it would not surprise me if we will be the next meat.
