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I get this is positive, but it saddens me to hear people comment now I can start eating more ethically. There have always been vegan options available. They have been there this whole time, this is merely another option out there, the majority of people will still prefer the "real thing".
The only victim the in the situation is the Animals, their gauntlet of suffering from our hands must come to an end.
We can rail forever about how vegetarian and vegan options have been available to the majority for quite a while now, but the simple fact of the matter is that meat isn't something a lot of cultures will budge on. Grown meat is the only realistic path towards substantially reduced animal suffering in the "near" future
That's correct, I agree with you. I'm expressing that I've seen this happen time and time again. There are already alternatives out there, not processed alternatives, real foods people have been eating for thousands of years. So when people comment "Oh, FINALLY I can be ethical!" It comes off as disingenuous, people just don't want to change their habits even if it better aligns with their personal beliefs. I still think for a long time this will play out how Beyond and Impossible do. An option for those curious to try it, but the path forward to liberate animals will not come from an exciting new product, it will have to come from a shift in our thinking of food. I just don't see that ever happening.
This is amazing! I can not wait to eat more ethically.
Last time i checked in on cultivated meat, it seemed like collecting fetal bovine serum required them to do a lot of slaughtering, which kind of defeats the point. Have there been any advancements in that area?
Well, fancy meeting you out here too!
I’ll be interested to see what my decidedly vegetarian SO thinks about this (I’m mainly vegetarian but am more omnivorous). We opt for Impossible where available, and it’ll be interesting to see if either of us gravitate to it. As of now I’m reacting to it the way I do balut; I’m fine eating duck and I’m fine with egg, but I have quite mixed feelings about the in-between balut. Similarly, I’m fine with chicken and I’m fine with Impossible faux-chicken, but this new in-between real-but-synthetic chicken will take me some getting used to.
I'm super interested in information about purine levels in the various cultivated meats that will hit the market soon. There's also a company called Wildtype that's trying to get their grown salmon into the market. I've heard it's sushi grade... It would be great if I could eat sushi and steak again. Off to eat my salad now, bye y'all!
I've been watching Wildtype excitedly for some time, I'll definitely jump at the first chance I get to try it!