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release copious amounts of methane, a greenhouse gas many times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Also, cultured food reduces the need for inhuman treatment and slaughter of animals. Now, that is a noble motivation. And population growth here in the U.S. and other developing countries may move the argument from morality to practicality. A few startups in this field include Future Meat Technologies, Memphis Meats, Finless Foods, and SuperMeat. There are also many public companies that use science to grow everything from meat to cannabis to sweeteners. Lab-grown food is an alternative to raising chickens or having cattle graze over hundreds of acres, eating much more than they ultimately produce in food.
Small Planet . It was the first time someone suggested that how humans eat and produce their food – meat in particular – was massively inefficient and would become unsustainable. This argument has been re- written many times since. Food production in the next decade will most certainly see drastic changes... The recent initial public offering from Beyond Meat (BYND) is just the beginning of this trend. Think about growing actual meat in a lab... broadly known as "cultured meat" or cultured food. Muscle cells are painlessly harvested from a living cow and nurtured until they multiply into muscle tissue. It may sound off-putting, but it's biologically the same as what you're buying in the grocery store meat section. Lab-grown food is an alternative to raising chickens or having cattle graze over hundreds of acres, eating much more than they ultimately produce in food. Plus, livestock
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