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Scientists have discovered a way to ‘grow’ meat—and make it cheap and delicious
WAPO ^ | May 21, 2015 | Roberto A. Ferdman

Posted on 05/21/2015 9:16:27 AM PDT by PROCON

Meat — despite popular movements to decrease the amount humans consume — is still a central part of diets around the world. People who live in industrial countries (like the United States) eat roughly 210 pounds of it each year.

And consumption in the developing world, where people eat closer to 66 pounds each year, is climbing fast. Growth is such that by 2030 the average human is expected to consume just under 100 pounds per year, 10 percent more than today.

Our collective affinity for meat likely began out of circumstance — humans that lived inland from the coast had little choice but to hunt in order to live — and has persisted for evolutionary reasons. Meat carries nutrients like zinc and protein, promotes growth, and provides energy. It also doesn't hurt that the price of meat has fallen dramatically.

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To: PROCON
"Our collective affinity for meat likely began out of circumstance — humans that lived inland from the coast had little choice but to hunt in order to live"

The only difference between living "inland from the coast" in this regard is that one area has seafood and the other doesn't. And fish are meat. I think the real reason would be more that meat has lots of protein, protein creates muscle and muscle makes one stronger. In a dog eat dog world where survival depended strength the meat eaters would prevail. Other than beans, there isn't much, if any, protein in most veggies.

21 posted on 05/21/2015 9:43:06 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: PROCON
"It also doesn't hurt that the price of meat has fallen dramatically."

Huh?

22 posted on 05/21/2015 9:43:09 AM PDT by FlJoePa
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To: I want the USA back

It will look like beef(cow) after products.


23 posted on 05/21/2015 9:43:31 AM PDT by Ingtar (Capitulation is the enemy of Liberty, or so the recent past has shown.)
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To: Robe

Nah, these guys figured it out (flavor is irrelevant)...

Dozer: It’s a single-celled protein combined with synthetic aminos, vitamins, and minerals. Everything the body needs.


24 posted on 05/21/2015 9:50:17 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: cripplecreek

PRIMUS!!!


25 posted on 05/21/2015 9:53:38 AM PDT by DemforBush (Ex-Democrat, and NotforJeb. Just so we're clear.)
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To: PROCON
But Post is confident that the benefits of cultured meat will eventually coerce people to give it a try.

A few might try it because of the benefits (a very few)

More will try it out of curiosity.

Most people will only try it when it is much cheaper than the real thing and people I trust tell me it taste good and won’t make me sick (Me).

Personally I don’t see any economic or environmental advantage to cultured meat.

26 posted on 05/21/2015 9:56:44 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: PROCON

Next on their list..

Lutefisk


27 posted on 05/21/2015 9:59:20 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: PROCON
Computer. Tea, Earl Grey hot...And a bacon sandwich.
28 posted on 05/21/2015 10:04:41 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: catnipman

Never knew that meat is a source of Vitamin B-12. Must research this further.

Are veggietarians B-12 deficient?


29 posted on 05/21/2015 10:09:35 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: PROCON

Once they can grow meat feasibly in the lab, they could grow any kind of meat, even human meat. Which we could eat without the usual taboos of cannibalism really applying, since that meat never really “belonged” to a human.

So, would you try it?


30 posted on 05/21/2015 10:10:40 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: circlecity

“The only difference between living “inland from the coast” in this regard is that one area has seafood and the other doesn’t.”

If they are talking historically, then it makes sense. Until relatively recent times, agriculture was not very viable unless you were in an rich delta or flood plain, which tend to be found near the coasts. You could grow stuff in other areas if there was enough rainfall, but without knowledge of fertilizer, crop rotation, etc, that would only last a few years before the soil wouldn’t cooperate any more.


31 posted on 05/21/2015 10:14:26 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: basil

There will come a timewhen you will be reasonably sure of the meat you are eating only if you live on the farm that grows the cattle if live meat is permitted anymore. Cheap fake meat is all the excuse the Republicans and Democrats need to implement the green goal of eliminating the raising of animals for food. the greenies are offended by all that bovine farting and need to accomodate the Moslem pork sensibilities at the same time.


32 posted on 05/21/2015 10:25:34 AM PDT by arthurus (It's true!)
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To: Boogieman
"Until relatively recent times, agriculture was not very viable unless you were in an rich delta or flood plain, which tend to be found near the coasts."

Well, there are plenty of inland river deltas and plains and agriculture is just as predominant inland as on the coast. We've had knowledge of fertilizer and crop rotation since the Old Testament. How recent the Old Testament times are in the scheme of events we are talking about here is, I guess, a matter of debate.

33 posted on 05/21/2015 10:26:40 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Boogieman
So, would you try it?

Heck no, we freedom loving Americans are almost at the point of revolt over the inane and unconstitutional tyranny the nut-case libs and their dear leader are trying to impose on us.

34 posted on 05/21/2015 10:29:06 AM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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To: circlecity

There is a lot of land that’s just unsuitable for growing crops.Most of that ground is excellent for grazing cattle.


35 posted on 05/21/2015 10:34:11 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: circlecity

“Well, there are plenty of inland river deltas and plains and agriculture is just as predominant inland as on the coast.”

Inland flood plains are usually narrower, and don’t offer as much land area for farming, which is why all the major ancient civilizations that developed agriculture were centered around deltas and flood plains near coasts (India, China, Mesopotamia, Egypt).

“We’ve had knowledge of fertilizer and crop rotation since the Old Testament.”

Rudimentary knowledge perhaps, but not the kind of knowledge we have today. Just throwing manure on stuff is not enough to compensate for depletion of a specific mineral, unless the manure happens to be rich in that mineral. Changing crops by season was done, yes, but it was done because different crops grew better in different seasons, not because we had systematic knowledge of which crops depleted which minerals, and how to counteract that by using crop rotation.


36 posted on 05/21/2015 10:49:03 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: PROCON

Not even curious to find out if it really “tastes like chicken”? :)


37 posted on 05/21/2015 10:49:43 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: trebb

Exactly MrD has done that for years.


38 posted on 05/21/2015 10:51:38 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: trebb

I really don’t get the mindset that says laboratory-grown meat saves animal lives—when it seems to deprive animals of an opportunity to live (in the great circle of life).


39 posted on 05/21/2015 10:51:59 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Boogieman
Not even curious to find out if it really “tastes like chicken”? :)

You first, I'll stand by with some antidote :-)

40 posted on 05/21/2015 10:53:25 AM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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