Posted on 07/14/2023 5:45:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
* One of the latest GMO Frankenfoods is Piggy Sooy, a soybean genetically engineered to contain pig protein. One or more undisclosed pig genes are spliced into conventional soya to create a soybean with 26.6% animal protein
* Moolec, the U.K.-based company that developed Piggy Sooy, is also working on developing a pea plant that produces beef protein. The company claims these transgenic hybrids will provide similar taste, texture and nutritional value as meat, without the high cost of cultured or lab-grown meat alternatives
* June 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture authorized the sale of cell-cultivated chicken from Good Meat and Upside Foods. Both plan on rolling out their synthetic chicken to “high-end” restaurants across the U.S. first, while they scale up production
* Researchers have discovered that CRISPR-Cas gene editing wreaks havoc in the plant genome, causing several hundred unintended genetic changes to occur simultaneously “in a catastrophic event” that ripples across large parts of the genome
* Because these changes are impossible to predict, gene edited plants cannot be assumed safe without extensive testing
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As expected, more and ever-wilder transgenic foods are being produced. Among the latest is Piggy Sooy, a soybean genetically engineered to contain pig protein.1,2 According to Moolec, the U.K.-based company that developed this latest Frankenfood, pig genes were spliced into conventional soya to create a soybean with 26.6% animal protein.
The exact pig genes used is a trade secret. As a result of this genetic engineering, the interior flesh of the soybean is also a rosy flesh color. The company is also working on developing a pea plant that produces beef protein. Moolec claims these transgenic hybrids will provide similar taste, texture and nutritional value as meat, without the high cost of cultured or lab-grown meat alternatives. According to New Atlas:3
“Farmers will raise the plants via conventional agricultural practices. Once the beans have been harvested and processed — again, via conventional techniques — their proteins will go into meat substitutes and other products …
As is the case with lab-grown pork, it is hoped that commercial adoption of Piggy Sooy could ultimately eliminate the raising and slaughtering of pigs, along with the associated ethical and environmental concerns.
‘Moolec has developed a unique, successful, and patentable platform for the expression of highly valuable proteins in the seeds of economically important crops such as soybeans,’ says the company’s chief science officer, Amit Dhingra.
‘This achievement opens up a precedent for the entire scientific community that is looking to achieve high levels of protein expression in seeds via molecular farming.’ There’s currently no word on when foods containing the proteins may be available to consumers.”
No thanks ! Stick that swill where the sun don’t shine...
When I go to a fancy-shmancy place, I want all the fake food they got.
Matches the Fake People dining there...............
Mangoes! Lucky you! I would LOVE to have my own Avocado tree, but since I refuse to live south of the Mason-Dixon Line, that ain’t gonna happen! ;)
My one exception is the state of Tennessee. I LOVE that state. :)
Come on down,,,there are still a few spots available. :-)
“Because these changes are impossible to predict, gene edited plants cannot be assumed safe without extensive testing...”
That’s never stopped the FDA BEFORE! *SMIRK*
I was all set to move to Maryville, TN when I retired in 2016, but Beau made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. ;)
If I outlive him and I’m still in good health, that’s still my plan. :)
There is more IQ where you are so stay put. Winter does this, I ate loads of Wisc corn when I visited to see a knee Doc in 1990 or so. Huge and best honest corn I ever ate....... (Not lying)
The price was a dozen for a dollar.....right off the farm stand. Up around Kettle Moraine. Back then. 1990s
Wisconsin farmers DO know how to grow food, that’s for sure! :)
You are in a Wisconsin paradise. (Babe Di) Seriously. Just got to hunker down for the winter. I have lived in such climates in New England. For 40+ years. My mango etc. fruit trees are 15-10 years old
“Just got to hunker down for the winter.”
That’s pretty much the only time I have ‘time off.’ But as a Farm Laborer, I DO get one Sunday a month off...to go to Church. ;)
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