Lab-grown meat

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Maclennane Apr 2019 4:15pm, 24 Apr 2019 20,817 posts	0 Maclennane It's the future, apparently, but would you eat a burger made of cells cultured and growing independently, with no brain attached, and no animal killed? bbc.co.uk
Wriggling Snake Apr 2019 4:22pm, 24 Apr 2019 22,233 posts	0 Wriggling Snake In the end it will happen and be a regular part of people's diet, but it won't stop animals being bred and raised for food, they'll just become a niche/expensive item.
Sam Jelfs Apr 2019 4:24pm, 24 Apr 2019 276 posts	0 Sam Jelfs I love meat, but avoid it for ethical reasons, so would rather lab-grown over animals, but in the end I think no-meat is the better solution.
Maclennane Apr 2019 4:39pm, 24 Apr 2019 20,818 posts	0 Maclennane I can't see anything against it really, a lot of people like the taste of meat, and if you can produce it without killing anything, and in a more environmentally friendly way, why not?
oumaumau Apr 2019 5:32pm, 24 Apr 2019 1,075 posts	0 oumaumau But why go to all the trouble, when it can be carved from a passing animal? If animals aren't used for meat, there'll be a lot less of them around. And I can't imagine the husbandry standards will be any higher for lab tissues than real animals..
Maclennane Apr 2019 7:23pm, 24 Apr 2019 20,822 posts	0 Maclennane Why would you need to husband a lump of meat?
oumaumau Apr 2019 7:43pm, 24 Apr 2019 1,076 posts	0 oumaumau Virus/bacterial infection, pollution of the inputs, failure to extract the waste - was using husbandry as a catchall for growing standards, I suppose