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Switching from red meat to a fungus-based alternative like Quorn for one-in-five meals could HALVE deforestation by 2050, study claims
dailymail ^ | 04 May 2022 | By JONATHAN CHADWICK

Posted on 05/05/2022 11:11:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Scientists in Germany have investigated the environmental impacts of replacing meat with microbial protein – an alternative food option produced by microbes such as fungi in fermentation tanks.

Results show the public shouldn't feel pressured to 'only eat greens', as they can make a big environmental difference just by eating meat alternatives infrequently.

Mycoprotein is one example of a microbial protein. It is produced from fungi and found in Quorn, a vegetarian meat substitute product already found on the supermarket shelves.

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"fungi in fermentation tanks"

Yum.

1 posted on 05/05/2022 11:11:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Poor helpless fungus


2 posted on 05/05/2022 11:13:48 AM PDT by Leep (Don't say God.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Scientists in Germany”. That phrase should send shivers up your spine.


3 posted on 05/05/2022 11:13:48 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: BenLurkin

God didn’t give us canine teeth and put us at the top of the food chain to eat swill like this.

GIVE ME DELMONICO OR GIVE ME DEATH!


4 posted on 05/05/2022 11:14:33 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: BenLurkin

Go forward if you want, that will leave more meat for the rest of us. Thank you!


5 posted on 05/05/2022 11:14:39 AM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: BenLurkin

I love mushrooms...


6 posted on 05/05/2022 11:14:50 AM PDT by abb
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To: BenLurkin

Quorn is people.


7 posted on 05/05/2022 11:15:40 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: BenLurkin

How soon before the federal government is mandating we eat fungus?


8 posted on 05/05/2022 11:15:46 AM PDT by Soul of the South (The past is gone and cannot be changed. Tomorrow can be a better day if we work on i)
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To: BenLurkin

ESAD filthy hippies.

What would achieving ambient temperature of all hippies, liberals, anarchists, communists, and socialists do?


9 posted on 05/05/2022 11:15:52 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Jeff Chandler
31930834
10 posted on 05/05/2022 11:16:00 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: abb

Mushrooms on steak, yum. Let Germans eat mushrooms alone.


11 posted on 05/05/2022 11:16:23 AM PDT by Varda
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To: BenLurkin

12 posted on 05/05/2022 11:16:33 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: BenLurkin

the matrix is almost ready for you.


13 posted on 05/05/2022 11:16:51 AM PDT by dadfly
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To: BenLurkin

Look up quorn and anaphylactic shock.


14 posted on 05/05/2022 11:17:31 AM PDT by Trillian
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To: BenLurkin

Could is the operative word.


15 posted on 05/05/2022 11:17:42 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Norm MacDonald on Germany…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXdtafGdIVM


16 posted on 05/05/2022 11:19:14 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: BenLurkin

I see a business opportunity for the cartels: steak-legging!


17 posted on 05/05/2022 11:19:56 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!)
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To: BenLurkin

If you stopped eating altogether, that’ll save 100%!


18 posted on 05/05/2022 11:20:09 AM PDT by TonyinLA ( I don't have sufficient information to make an informed opinion said no lefty ever.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

They invent things like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BJ_-pNcm0M


19 posted on 05/05/2022 11:21:18 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: BBQToadRibs2

I found a bunch of pork on clearance and made about 40 breaded, deep fried pork chops a few days ago. I think there are only three left. lol


20 posted on 05/05/2022 11:21:41 AM PDT by Trillian
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