The race for non-meat meat
I was so disappointed when I first learned what the true definition of "free range" was. I was comfy and secure in my naivete thinking that the chicken I was buying was at least treated ethically while it was alive. But, alas, that's not necessarily the case. And, with the videos that have hit the Internet in recent months, we know that ethical treatment of cows is not necessarily the case, either. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has long promoted vegetarianism. But now, they're offering a $1 million prize to the first person to make in vitro chicken meat and sell it to the public. According to PETA, more than 40 million animals are killed inhumanely each year in the US. In vitro meat production would use animal stem cells to grow an edible meat product without ever having a living animal. A truly humane solution for hard-core carnivores.
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4-23-2008 @ 9:12PM
Heather said...
I do not know all the details, but based on what is provided here on this article- I'm completely grossed out by the idea. It reminds of the KFC email that went around about the mutant chickens they were using. Maybe there is some truth to that after all....
If you were interested in the email: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/kfc.asp
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4-24-2008 @ 7:16AM
Mike said...
Are you more grossed out by this then by eating a chicken that was previously living?
What is the difference? This should in fact be less gross because it will be sterile and not from an animal walking around in its own poop all day. These are just muscle cells created in a lab-- sure maybe it feels "unnatural", but why do you say gross??
Say for instance that your heart were to fail. You could get a new heart provided you let researchers grow a new heart (muscle) and implant it into your chest. Do you think that is gross too?
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4-24-2008 @ 8:54PM
Heather said...
Still gross. I prefer the chicken that walked around in it's own poop all day. Then I know it was an actual chicken.
I'm about to go veggie if this how we're going to get meat in the future.
That is all. I'm not making any comments on lab created body parts or organs. I don't think it fits into this category. But then I'm not really sure where it would fit. Yeah, so steering clear of this one for now! :)