https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-invent-new-hybrid-food-by-growing-beef-inside-grains-of-rice
After a moment of screaming inwardly at the visualization of "meat and bone grown in rice" this is a very promising article for sustainability.
@mentallyalex It is weird, right?! But also like what if we didn't have to kill things and still got to eat meat, that would be really dope!
@RickiTarr from a sustainability stance I think it is ABSOLUTELY a fantastic move forward. Decoupling our dependence on large grazing animals and all the issues that come with that are a huge boon.
Like with beyond meat and others there is going to be a learning and normalizing period. I don't see this being globally adopted by anyone until it is presented less dystopian. The concept has Soylent green feels to me. The idea of "meat paste" even scientifically is one I don't find appealing.
I can't see children and "meat and potatoes" guys being adopters until it feels more like butchering and less like harvesting.
@mentallyalex @RickiTarr Honestly, I think a big turning point for the plant-based stuff was when Burger King started selling them. That put them in the mainstream. The vat-grown-meat will need to have a similar event to take off.
@LouisIngenthron
Absolutely 💯 this.
I have first hand experience. I have converted meat eaters using BK.
@RickiTarr
@mentallyalex @RickiTarr It's how I first tried it. 🤷♂️
The main reasons why I went back to beef, though, were that the plant-based stuff was more expensive and (more importantly) wasn't any healthier, which most people assume it is. If either of those change, I'd be tempted to make the switch permanently.
