Chicken grown from animal cells. Yum or no way?

[marnie]

My mate only eats things that has fallen naturally from the tree. He's been living off dead squirrels and sparrows for two years.

 

[-Rob-]

Of course you do you seem like the type of despicable individual who doesn't care for animal's welfare

It's not something that's ever kept me awake at night

 

[chrismpw]

Thanks @chrismpw I'm glad to be back.

One of my concerns about this type of "ethical" food is the cost of production. At the moment producing this meat in labs is very expensive. Then could this become a solution for those with means and the money to eat more environmentally friendly ethical food while the rest of the world just have to continue eating farm chicken because that's all they can afford? I wonder if this solution could actually create more inequalities in our food production.

Well this is it. There's the hidden impact and energy cost if growing cells in a lab - though once they get it right it should be more efficient than raising an animal. I've always campaigned to consume less and protect the environment (lived off grid on a boat for 15 years before finally getting fed up of the politics of licencing a boat in the uk) but many veggies (my wife included) fail to properly account for the environmental impact of processing and transporting their alternatives around the planet- palm oil and soya plantations being a case in point.

 

[Blues Harp]

Got to be preferable to the type of "chicken" and "beef" products that KFC and McDonald's sell.
However nothing will replace the taste of a real bacon butty.........ever!

 

[Seanjd]

Well this is it. There's the hidden impact and energy cost if growing cells in a lab - though once they get it right it should be more efficient than raising an animal. I've always campaigned to consume less and protect the environment (lived off grid on a boat for 15 years before finally getting fed up of the politics of licencing a boat in the uk) but many veggies (my wife included) fail to properly account for the environmental impact of processing and transporting their alternatives around the planet- palm oil and soya plantations being a case in point.

Of course there’s an environmental impact for mass feeding a population on anything, but the damage mass livestock farming does is insane.

 

[Billy Dean]

Essential development that may go on to solve a lot of problems

 

[chrismpw]

Of course there’s an environmental impact for mass feeding a population on anything, but the damage mass livestock farming does is insane.

But then we live- and gave the right to try to exist and that means eating.

The best solution at the minute is to stop, or limit human breeding! Try being the politician that suggests that in a democracy!

 

[PaddyJames]

My mate only eats things that has fallen naturally from the tree. He's been living off dead squirrels and sparrows for two years.

You never see dead birds unless they've been ran over or something. Where do they all die????

 

[SpongeBob brown shoes]

Is eat just the same as just eat here? Anyway, I'll only eat a chicken if it is an actual chicken, I'm just funny like that

 

[blue61]

I bet it tastes fowl.

 

[Billy Dean]

Of course there’s an environmental impact for mass feeding a population on anything, but the damage mass livestock farming does is insane.

How easy was it to transition to plant based mate?

 

[Brownie]

Only a matter of time until it's commonplace, imo. It's simply a more efficient way of producing food on a large scale and surely will be cheaper for the consumer in the long run. Is there not a possibility of livestock animals dying out altogether if we don't eat them, though? I can't see the human race doing an awful lot to protect the humble chicken from extinction.

 

[tommye]

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This month an American company was approved to sell cultured meat in Singapore.
"The cultivated or no-kill meat contains all the protein and nutrients of real chicken without causing deforestation, food safety risks or animal welfare issues associated with livestock production" says Eat Just CEO Josh Tetrick. "We shouldn't have to deal with all that to have a chicken dinner with our families. We can have real, high-quality meat without killing an animal, without tearing down a forest, without exacerbating climate change, without increasing the probability of another zoonotic disease.”

When I first thought of the idea of eating chicken grown in a lab, the thought of it didn't sound very appealing. But there is also nothing appealing about the animal cruelty that occurs regularly at many chicken farms, at least here in the US.

How do some of you feel about eating such meat? Do you think this way of producing meat could be a solution to some of the environmental issues currently caused by meat production? Or shoud we instead be focusing resources to transforming our animal farms to become more like working biodiversity ecosystems instead of finding solutions in a lab grown meat?

Some food for thought!

Lab-Grown Chicken Meat Will Make Its Restaurant Debut This Saturday

Earlier this month, Good Meat Cultured Chicken was approved for sale in Singapore. Now, it’s heading to its first commercial restaurant.

www.foodandwine.com

It's a no from me

 

[BornBlue76]

Thanks @chrismpw I'm glad to be back.

One of my concerns about this type of "ethical" food is the cost of production. At the moment producing this meat in labs is very expensive. Then could this become a solution for those with means and the money to eat more environmentally friendly ethical food while the rest of the world just have to continue eating farm chicken because that's all they can afford? I wonder if this solution could actually create more inequalities in our food production.

this was going to be my 2 cents contribution. It will come down to affordability.. to make any impact it needs to be mainstream not in some niche restaurant or for the uber rich ... reckon there is very long way to go for that.

Can’t see my mates in Tanzania running for lab chickens when they still trying catch the road runners they eat. Cold chains in many countries can’t even handle farm chickens let alone lab ones..
Yeah this is going to stay niche for a long while longer.. morally.. that’s another story. I’ve lived and worked in a few countries in Africa... We are light years from most of the worlds population caring about ethical chicken farming.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

this was going to be my 2 cents contribution. It will come down to affordability.. to make any impact it needs to be mainstream not in some niche restaurant or for the uber rich ... reckon there is very long way to go for that.

Can’t see my mates in Tanzania running for lab chickens when they still trying catch the road runners they eat. Cold chains in many countries can’t even handle farm chickens let alone lab ones..
Yeah this is going to stay niche for a long while longer.. morally.. that’s another story. I’ve lived and worked in a few countries in Africa... We are light years from most of the worlds population caring about ethical chicken farming.

Totally agree, that's one of my main concerns too. Like organic food became a niche for those with money, I can see the same happening with this industry. Right now a chicken nuggets can cost $50. Totally absurd and not reliable to feed the masses but according to the people experimenting with this project cost will come down once major production is in place.