Posted on 02/22/2026 5:39:53 AM PST by dennisw
However, he also argued that the world must embrace a future where controversial gene-edited foods are commonplace on supermarket shelves.
He said we will soon be eating meat and drinking milk from animals whose evolution has been ‘sped up’ using technology.
This could include cows and chickens bred to resist disease and grow faster, as gene editing techniques make them ‘more efficient’ in every way.
Experts are working out how to ‘accelerate’ the selection of traits that already occur naturally within an animal, he explained.
Scientists have bred cows with ‘elite genetics’ that could see tastier steaks, burgers and mince on supermarket shelves in the UK in just three years.
Experts in the US have come up with a way to make sperm from superior bulls more available to breeders.
Their project, called ‘Surrogate Sires’, involves genetically editing regular bulls to make them sterile, meaning they produce none of their own sperm.
These animals then receive an injection of stem cells taken from the testicles of another bull with ‘first-class genetics’.
When these ‘surrogate’ bulls go on to breed, they pass on the ‘top grade’ genes from the other bull – meaning their offspring will contain superior traits that make their meat taste better.
As a result the most desirable steaks – from the likes of Wagyu and Black Angus cows – could soon become more widely available.
The work was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Phoenix.
The technology has been patented and licensed to the UK-based Pig Improvement Company which intends to commercialise the system in the next three to five years, it is understood.
‘Surrogate Sires can become an opportunity for many farmers to access genetics they never could have before,’ Dr Jon Oatley, from Washington State University, said.
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Interesting. Would RFK Jr. insist on having his say in the matter?
This is not your Bill Gates/WEF style synthetic meat grown in a test tube.
Humans have been genetically modifying plants and animals for thousands of years.
The one thing I’d be hesitant about is when they splice in genes from other species.
Sounds a little too much like soylent green to me
Just appalling. We have been getting our beef and sausage from local farmers.
I’d be interested in hearing your take on this.
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and when you eat it it will make you OLDER FASTER ?
Bkmk
No, thank you.
I’m sure “scientists” are thrilled with the glamorous job of injecting bulls’ tests with whatever. Something to be proud of when describing your work to your children...
Al. They gotta do is tell them they work in a nut factory, and dont explain further lol
INTERNATIONAL -- that is, globalist.
NONPROFIT -- but oddly claims about 31 percent of its income from donations, while "Program Services" generate almost 60 percent of its income.
Address: 1200 New York Ave NW Washington, DC 20005
Sudip Parikh, the Chief Executive Officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, pulls in a mere million bucks a year for this "charity."
Spends about half its yearly take on fat cat salaries. For NOT DOING SCINECE, but politicking.
Source: American Association For The Advancement Of Science Full text of "Full Filing" for fiscal year ending Dec. 2024
Meanwhile, in addition to bull testicles plans, the AAAS was looking at :
PHOENIX—More than a year after the Trump administration began enacting deep cuts to federal research funding, leaders of the nation's scientific community are focused on moving forward.This "advocacy" group is a lobbying organization, and is pissed that President Trump has cut funding. The message from AAAS -- not to the Trump-Vance administration -- to us as taxpayers is simple.“What happened over the last year [was] a rupture. We're not going back. It's not possible. Too much damage has been done. Too much has changed,” Sudip Parikh, CEO of the American Association of the Advancement of Science, said last Thursday at the opening address of the organization's annual meeting. “There's an entire generation of scientists that have a scar, a scar that is not going to go away. But scars can make us tougher. Scars can become shields and build resilience.” more....
After ‘Rupture,’ Science Leaders Call for More Advocacy Inside Higher Ed, 17 February 2026.
Because, there's "an entire generation of scientists that have a scar, a scar that is not going to go away."
No thanks I’ll just have mine regular.
“I’d be interested in hearing your take on this.”
I’ll be brief: NOPE! :)
Of COURSE I won’t be brief, LOL!
My personal ‘super steaks’ will be in the freezer come this April. Right now, ‘Stew’ (beef steer) is living His Best Life.
Laying hens are a must, as a simple way to start raising your own food. We are considering meat birds in the near future. Even now, if I buy chicken breasts, ONE BREAST is enough to feed the TWO of us at a meal! I always say to Beau, ‘What the h#ll are they feeding these chickens?’ Which always leads to a discussion about raising our own...
And, of course, a Kitchen Garden is a must! And don’t forget the herbs! And remember that flowers are ‘Food for the SOUL!’ (And many flowers are edible!)
We have friends that raise meat rabbits, but that’s not for me. Rabbit IS the smallest wild game I will eat - if I HAVE to. Beau is a fantastic hunter/fisherman, so there is always bear, elk, venison and lots of fish to eat.
Buy as local as you can. We buy a hog from the next farm over. If milk becomes an issue again, as it was during CovidBS-19, the dairy over the hill, who rents crop land from us and pastures his Heifers with us, is our ‘next door’ resource.
It took me FIFTY YEARS to get to this level of self-sufficiency and live in a community that can 100% feed themselves if need be. I had a small farm of my own for 25 years before this with chickens (in a BIG way - three teen boys to feed) and a large food garden. It was great training for what was to come to me in the future. (And a lot of HEAVENLY GRACE!)
And I ain’t going back until I am physically unable to ‘help myself.’ :)
“Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.”
~ Squire Bill Widener
“I’d be interested in hearing your take on this.”
I’ll be brief: NOPE! :)
Of COURSE I won’t be brief, LOL!
My personal ‘super steaks’ will be in the freezer come this April. Right now, ‘Stew’ (beef steer) is living His Best Life.
Laying hens are a must, as a simple way to start raising your own food. We are considering meat birds in the near future. Even now, if I buy chicken breasts, ONE BREAST is enough to feed the TWO of us at a meal! I always say to Beau, ‘What the h#ll are they feeding these chickens?’ Which always leads to a discussion about raising our own...
And, of course, a Kitchen Garden is a must! And don’t forget the herbs! And remember that flowers are ‘Food for the SOUL!’ (And many flowers are edible!)
We have friends that raise meat rabbits, but that’s not for me. Rabbit IS the smallest wild game I will eat - if I HAVE to. Beau is a fantastic hunter/fisherman, so there is always bear, elk, venison and lots of fish to eat.
Buy as local as you can. We buy a hog from the next farm over. If milk becomes an issue again, as it was during CovidBS-19, the dairy over the hill, who rents crop land from us and pastures his Heifers with us, is our ‘next door’ resource.
It took me FIFTY YEARS to get to this level of self-sufficiency and live in a community that can 100% feed themselves if need be. I had a small farm of my own for 25 years before this with chickens (in a BIG way - three teen boys to feed) and a large food garden. It was great training for what was to come to me in the future. (And a lot of HEAVENLY GRACE!)
And I ain’t going back until I am physically unable to ‘help myself.’ :)
“Do what you can, with what you’ve got, where you are.”
~ Squire Bill Widener
Sorry for the double post. Old computer issues...new one on the way!
“Even now, if I buy chicken breasts, ONE BREAST is enough to feed the TWO of us at a meal! I always say to Beau, ‘What the h#ll are they feeding these chickens?’ Which always leads to a discussion about raising our own...”
I like drumsticks. I bought a large pack of Perdue anti-biotic free and natural this and that. Half I baked and they came out too dry. I have never seen this before with drums, so these must have been very lean.
The other half I steamed and they came out nice and moist. Drums taste great dipped in soy sauce (umami) and then Dijon mustard.
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