Lab-Grown Meat Is Better Than Real Meat

Lab-grown meat, otherwise known as synthetic meat, or cultured meat is made “using muscle tissue from animal stem cells in a lab rather than harvesting from livestock” (Hultin). Consuming lab-grown meat will be healthier than traditional meats. Vitamins and minerals could be enhanced in lab-grown meats, the unhealthy components such as saturated fat could be decreased in lab-grown meats, and diseases and pathogens that come from animals could be eliminated in lab-grown meats (Hultin). By removing the unhealthy elements and keeping the beneficial nutrients of lab-grown meats will help to sustain Earth’s growing population if there was an issue with food security. Also, producing lab-grown meats will positively impact the environment. As stated by Ginger Hultin, a Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and

Even though higher yields are met for demand and human consumption, factory farming is cruel to animals due to the fact animals are often subject to harsh living conditions, more susceptible to diseases and injuries and are treated inhumanely during the slaughtering process. Unfortunately, with an increase in human population worldwide, the strain on farmers to meet the demand increases as well. This in turn causes more animals to be subject to this cruelty.

There are many things that can be grown in a labs penicillin, vaccines and even human body parts but as of recently it has become clear that lab grown meat is becoming more of an option then ever before. On August 5th 2013 Google sponsored an engineering team to create the very first lab grown hamburger patty.

Animals are now being cloned specifically for their meat which is not acceptable. This was approved in 2006 and created a lot of controversy. It is one thing to clone animals for the meat, but the labeling on the package does not need to be labeled that it is from a cloned animal, according to the Food and Drug Administration. On this topic one researcher states, “But critics say that the oft-cited single study was far too limited to yield any meaningful conclusions: Milk and beef was taken from just six cloned animals, and the study did not take into account whether clones were more susceptible to infection or other microbial problems, as many scientists suspect” (Are We Eating Cloned Meat?). Later on in the article the author talks about

The mass production of meat products is one of the most consumed products in our

Protein that we find in the meat that we consume is an essential part of our everyday diets, but when people think about how we get our meat, farming is the first to come to mind. Most people associate farming with an image of animals outside on a farm living a happy life. People assume that the animals are properly raised and killed in a peaceful manner, but this is not the case. In today’s farming, factory farms play a major role in producing the meat that we buy from our local grocery stores. The system that factory farms use to produce our meat is corrupt. They abuse their animals, diseases are frequently spread, and the environment is being damaged. Factory farms should modify the way that they operate to end abuse of the animals, stop the spread of disease, and inhibit the damage to our environment.

Animals in the factory farms are commonly infected with a number of pathogens capable of causing food related illness and death that are to consumers in the flesh itself. Animals who are raised for food are denied their most basic needs and suffer both physical and psychological disorders as results. Factory farming confine animals by the thousands in massive warehouses, treating them like production units. Millions are packed in cages and creates so tightly that they can’t walk, turn around, or

A 2011 study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, showed that full-scale production of lab-based meat could reduce water, land and energy use in comparison to the conventional raising and slaughtering of cattle or other livestock. Dr Post has made strides in developing cultured meat through the use of stem cells. The technique adapted from medical research for growing tissues and organs, known as tissue engineering. His burger consists of about 20.000 thin strips of cultured muscle tissue. The meat is produced with several materials including fetal calm serum, that is used as a medium in which to grow the cells, which eventually would have to be replaced by materials of non-animal origin. Also, it was mentioned by Dr Post that cultured meat should be as safe as conventional meat and it might be even

Lloyd biggle Jr. once stated “Life is life’s greatest gift. Guard the life of another creature as you would your own, because it is your own. On life’s scale of values, the smallest is no less precious to the creature who owns it than the largest.” Think about what that quote means. Is any persons’ life more important than that of an animal? Would you be willing to speak up for them? Are you up for the challenge? You might not be, but we shall see if I can change your mind after reading this.

Today, everything is manufactured, processed, and shipped out to be bought by the consumer. Part of this lifestyle is the grocery store. The groceries that can be purchased include a wide variety of products ranging from apples to zucchini. In every grocery store there is a frozen section, and part of that section is meat. The life of this meat includes being subjugated to a variety of hormones and chemicals meant to enhance the size and productivity of the animals bred for slaughter. According to Michael Pollan of the New York Times Magazine, “one of the real problems is that the animals have spent their [lives] lying in their manure, are smeared and caked with the stuff, and they're entering the food plant so many steps are taken to make sure that the manure doesn't infect the meat, which can happen very easily” (Pollan). Another problem with store-bought meat is the fact that supplemented with a byproduct commonly known as pink slime. So what is pink slime? According to CBS news, “It's actually "lean finely textured beef," a low-cost ingredient in ground beef made from fatty left-over meat trimmings from other cuts. The bits are heated to about 100 F and spun to remove most of the fat, then compressed into blocks for use in ground meat. The product, made by South

Do you know what the meat of your delicious burger is made of? What you may think is beef in your burger may actually be what scientist call “In Vitro Meat” the meat produced by strips of muscle fiber from an animal. Each year lab created meat is growing its possibility of one day replacing actual beef, and chicken with vitro meat. This meat can become the next big thing because lab meat will get popular and eventually the mass population will want more of it. Because lab created meat are beneficial for everyone in some way lab created meat should be part of the human diet.

The scientist in that illustration is making something called in vitro meat, or meat from grown from cultures of animal stem cells. Though the idea sounds straight from science fiction, multiple breakthroughs have already been made with man-made meat, including the world’s first synthetic all beef burger. It is right on time too, because research projects that by 2050, there will need to be a 235% increase in the production for meat (FAO, 2009). In order to supply that amount of meat, current livestock numbers would have to more than double. In vitro meat will be an accessible and affordable substitute to meat from livestock. It will be tastier and healthier for consumers and will be more sustainable and environmentally friendly. In vitro meat is the meat of the future.

Many people nowadays believe that factory farming is the best way to raise beef and pork for people to buy meat from. However there are many downsides to factory farming that we could avoid by just simply using conventional farming. For instance there are concerns with factory farming that the animals produced from them are just not as high quality as those from other farms. Factory faming also has a negative affect on the smaller family owned farms since they just simply can not keep up with the pace that the factory farms produce at. One of the biggest concerns with factory farming is that the animals raised on a factory farm are abused their whole life from birth to death. The only solution to this problem is to turn to smaller family owned farms as a the main source for animals.

Ever wonder where your food comes from? Does your chicken actually live on a farm with a red barn and gets to roam freely? This may be what people picture of when they think about a farm, and sometimes it is only reinforced when the products labels has a red barn with rolling green hills. Well the reality is that most Americans don’t find the time to think about where their food comes from. The reality is that most animals do not get to roam freely, or are greeted by a friendly farmer. Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO), intensive farming, and factory farming are all names for how most animals are kept in before being shipped off to the slaughterhouses. These animals are not only dangerous for human consumption but they are also cause harm to the environment. There are several damaging factors that these farming methods hurt the environment such as pollution to the water and air but also have a bigger carbon footprint than most other foods. Currently there is a shortage in drinking water and polluting what we have left will only harm everyone, not just the people that live in the surrounding areas. Such problems can be avoided, the first thing that comes to mind is refrain from eating meat but there are other methods that are just as effective. Another helpful tip could be researching where and how your food is treated and making the smart choice of where to buy your meat and other food products. Overall animal farming in large quantities and in a small

Yesterday I was checking the news feed in my Facebook and suddenly stopped at the tragedy picture, the image which poor pigs were heading to a slaughterhouse. Many comments claimed that it would be great if we can consume meat without slaughtering those animals. Now, this imagination is on the way. In 1932, Sir Winston Churchill, the orator and the former prime minister of the United Kingdom, once envisioned that in 50 years from now on we would be growing edible animal parts with a suitable method to “escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken”. During that time, populace thought that his vision is such an airy-fairy perspective until now. Notwithstanding Churchill’s prediction is 30 years late, but on 6th August 2013, it was upon us. On that day, the first fresh cooked lab-grown beef burger was served by Professor Mark Post of Maastricht University. The procedure is that he uses a stem cell from a muscle tissue of the cow and plants it in a petri dish, coupled with trots a growth serum regularly. Till recently, the artificial meat project has grown step by step, but still couldn’t hit it big because apart from a side that supports this idea, the majorities assume that it is not the right solution. According to EU survey of the public, 54% of participants said no to the lab-grown meat while 6% said they would approve. In the meantime, this innovation ranked 21st out of 22 schemes in order of popularity for ‘the future applications of science'. Furthermore, some