{"id":15529,"date":"2019-02-27T02:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T02:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=15529"},"modified":"2019-03-01T23:20:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T23:20:58","slug":"cultured-meat-seems-gross-its-much-better-than-animal-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/cultured-meat-seems-gross-its-much-better-than-animal-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultured meat seems gross? It’s much better than animal agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matti Wilks<\/a>, Yale University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The world is in the grips of a food-tech revolution. One of the most compelling new developments is cultured meat, also known as clean, cell-based or slaughter-free meat. It\u2019s grown from stem cells taken from a live animal without the need for slaughter.<\/p>\n

Proponents hail cultured meat as the long-awaited solution to the factory farming problem<\/a>. If commercialized successfully, it could solve many of the environmental, animal welfare and public health issues of animal agriculture while giving consumers exactly what they\u2019re used to eating.<\/p>\n

Despite this, the public is<\/a> uncertain about cultured meat<\/a>. Scientists and high-profile supporters, including investors<\/a> like Bill Gates and Richard Branson, are pushing for broader adoption, but it\u2019s difficult to sell the public on new food technology \u2013 case in point, genetically modified food<\/a>.<\/p>\n