Cultivated meat, precision fermentation, and GMO agriculture are expanding globally as regulators, researchers, and farming industries debate long-term impacts on health, food security, and traditional agriculture.
Cultivated meat, precision fermentation, and GMO agriculture are expanding globally as regulators, researchers, and farming industries debate long-term impacts on health, food security, and traditional agriculture.
If only there was some sort of Impossible plant-based solution that went Beyond expectations in terms of taste and lower resource use than meat…
I don’t think they go beyone expecations (yes I know the names of the prodcuts) but I will say this. Both white castle and burger king had the options at the same price at times and in those cases the plant based on option was as good or better than the meat option.
Not to be rude, but imho that particular bar isn’t very high.
Oh I realize that. I mean people do buy white castels and bk though so if the price is the same. why not.
I’m not vegan because I’m not super strict but I’m a very plant based person and sorry but most Beyond products are gross with a gross texture and taste, a few of the products are ok. Most people I know who live like I do don’t really eat many meat substitutes. I treat meat like a rare treat and would always choose to rarely eat meat (no red meat for me ever though) than to eat Beyond products on a more regular basis.
Yeah, I’m not fully vegan either because it is hard to go 100% in our society and I grew up in a very meat heavy household, takes time to change. I tend to stick more with Impossible for the plant based meat alternatives, especially the ground beef substitute. I find finishing it in the air fryer/convection oven improves the texture a lot. But chickpeas have become a larger part of my diet, they’re pretty versatile.
industrialized farming is killing the planet just as much as industrialized meat.
about 80% of agricultural land globally is used for raising live stock or growing food to feed livestock, but animal-based products provide less than 20% of calories consumed by humans. Meat is the main cause of industrial farming
That infographic doesn’t make the distinction between arable land and pastoral land. I.e. there are areas we can’t grow crops but can feed ruminates. That breakdown is like 30/70 from the agricultural section of the infographic. FAO Source
Meaning even if every cow was dead, the crop number doesn’t increase
your argument is disingenuous.
you’re blurring the lines between livestock and crop farming when I made it perfectly clear they are independent of each other.
They are not independent of each other though. We wouldn’t need nearly as much crop farming if it weren’t going to feed livestock
You saying they’re independent doesn’t make them independent.
Yes! Support your local regenerative farmer! Directly if you can.
It’s really really not, even from a resources perspective.
so the millions of gallons of water used to grow the plants, the millions of tons of fertilizer washed away in that water, the millions of acres of forest land cut down to grow the crops don’t matter.
huh, learn something new every day. industrialized crops are good for the planet!
And who are the millions of acres of crops used for? To feed livestock and then get a small fraction of the calories out of it