{"id":49954,"date":"2015-03-29T03:37:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-29T09:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/29\/steak-from-the-lab.html"},"modified":"2015-05-09T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T16:18:03","slug":"steak-from-the-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/29\/steak-from-the-lab.html","title":{"rendered":"Steak from the Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is actually tremendously good news, assuming the stuff is palatable. Beef cattle is horrifyingly expensive in terms of land and feed and water (and, yes, methane emissions and, for other livestock, waste management), but those costs are largely hidden through water subsidies and land use agreements and the like. And that ignores the moral considerations around animal raising conditions and slaughter.<\/p>\n

(He said, having just gotten home from a huge meat dinner. Do as I blog, not as I blog I do.)<\/p>\n

There will be economic displacement for cattle ranch owners and workers, certainly, though I suspect that "artisan beef" will never go completely away, even if the "cultured" stuff is tasty. But it could be both an economic necessity and a positive outcome if, half a century from now, the vast cattle ranches of the US (and other countries) are historic artifacts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nNT Cattlemen’s Association to hear that ‘cultured meat’ could end their industry within decades<\/a><\/span>
\nThe scientist who served up the world’s first laboratory grown beef burger believes ‘cultured meat’ could spell the end of traditional cattle farming within just a few decades. That’s not the news Australia’s multi-billion dollar beef industry wants to hear – but it’s the message that Dutch Professor Mark Post will be taking to the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association today when he addresses their annual conference in Darwin.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This is actually tremendously good news, assuming the stuff is palatable. Beef cattle is horrifyingly expensive in terms of land and feed and water (and, yes, methane emissions and, for other livestock, waste management), but those costs are largely hidden through water subsidies and land use agreements and the like. And that ignores the moral … Continue reading “Steak from the Lab”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,38,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-food-drink","category-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13044,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/08\/10\/now_available_in_convenie.html","url_meta":{"origin":49954,"position":0},"title":"Now available in convenient pouches!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 10-Aug-08 2:02pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's your Food Quiz Question of the Day: What is the main reason\u00a0some Australian\u00a0scientists recommending that people shift from eating beef to eating kangaroo? 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