Is This Burger Free-Range or Test Tube?
I won't lie: the idea of eating a burger made from in vitro "meat sheets" makes me queasy.
But according to Wired this week, test tube meat is a hot business with the potential to put lab-grown ground chuck that looks, smells and most importantly tastes just like the real thing on supermarket shelves in the next few years.
Putting the "ick" factor aside (God knows I ingest far worse things here on a daily basis), the ethical and environmental repercussions of this could be profound. No more mass farming of animals crammed into tiny sheds pumped full of hormones. Land used for grazing and pasturing could be used for more sustainable agricultural purposes. It's creepy, yes, but it's hard to see just yet what the downsides are.
But according to Wired this week, test tube meat is a hot business with the potential to put lab-grown ground chuck that looks, smells and most importantly tastes just like the real thing on supermarket shelves in the next few years.
Putting the "ick" factor aside (God knows I ingest far worse things here on a daily basis), the ethical and environmental repercussions of this could be profound. No more mass farming of animals crammed into tiny sheds pumped full of hormones. Land used for grazing and pasturing could be used for more sustainable agricultural purposes. It's creepy, yes, but it's hard to see just yet what the downsides are.
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