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...preach and genetically engineering a way to make your unfavorable practices kosher are not the same things.Ultimately, in vitro meat is the future of agriculture because of economic reasons, not animal welfare. According to the UN, in 2002, one-third of the global cereal harvest was fed to livestock . Roughly 75 to 95 percent of that food is lost to animal metabolism or the growth of inedible cells (hair, bones, etc). This high energy-cost method of producing meat cannot continue to supply food—especially for a global population that the U.S. Census Bureau estimates to reach...
Here's how the process works: scientists biopsy stem or satellite muscle cells from a livestock animal, such as a chicken, cow or pig. The cells are then placed in a nutrient-rich medium where they divide and multiply, and are then attached to a scaffolding structure and put in a bioreactor to grow. In order to achieve the texture of natural muscle, the cells must be physically stretched and flexed, or exercised, regularly. After several weeks, voila, you have a thin layer of muscle tissue that can be harvested and processed into ground beef, chicken or pork, depending...
...just try to imitate it." But there's always room for improvement - scientists can design meat, for example, that is high in healthy fats, such as omega 3s and 6s. Creating the meat in a lab also decreases its exposure to bacteria and disease, which have riddled the livestock industry, injuring consumers and causing extensive meat recalls...
...technology and sustain it long-term. The group concluded that it will be possible to produce in vitro meat in large quantities in the future, but not without funding to continue research. Scientists estimate that in vitro chicken could be produced for about double the current cost of regular livestock chicken, a price that would fall as the process becomes more efficient. "The consensus was that this is doable," says Omholt...
...delegates the day began in the wee hours - most arrived at the Travis County Exposition Center, a large facility normally used for livestock shows and concerts, shortly after 6 a.m. The traffic that morning was horrendous, and with an estimated 9,000-plus Austin-area delegates eager to line up for their convention credentials, party officials had to extend the sign-in time until almost noon. Worried they would not make the deadline, many delegates decided not to wait in a two-mile traffic jam and simply parked their cars along the side of the road and walked...