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Banning lab-grown meat only stifles critical, wealth-creating innovation. Lab-grown meat is made by taking cells from an animal like a cow or chicken and growing them in a controlled environment to create full cuts of meat. States like Florida and Alabama have recently signed bills that ban it in some way from being sold in the state. Many cultivated meat companies and plant-based brands are upset by this. Even a trade group that represents big meatpackers called The Meat Institute are against the recent ban of cultivated meat, arguing that it will restrict consumer choice and stifle innovation. Several meat companies like Tyson and Cargill are investing in cultivated meat. In a capitalist society we should be accepting new innovations and giving consumers more choices, especially ones that benefit the environment and the health of the consumer, and offering them more choices. What are your thoughts on the ban of cultivated meat? Do you believe in curtailing business in a free and democratic society? More information is in the article linked in the comments. #cultivatedmeat #foodsystemstransformation #innovation

Banning lab-grown meat only stifles critical, wealth-creating innovation. Lab-grown meat is made by taking cells from an animal like a cow or chicken and growing them in a controlled environment to create full cuts of meat. States like Florida and Alabama have recently signed bills that ban it in some way from being sold in the state. Many cultivated meat companies and plant-based brands are upset by this. Even a trade group that represents big meatpackers called The Meat Institute are against the recent ban of cultivated meat, arguing that it will restrict consumer choice and stifle innovation. Several meat companies like Tyson and Cargill are investing in cultivated meat. In a capitalist society we should be accepting new innovations and giving consumers more choices, especially ones that benefit the environment and the health of the consumer, and offering them more choices. What are your thoughts on the ban of cultivated meat? Do you believe in curtailing business in a free and democratic society? More information is in the article linked in the comments. #cultivatedmeat #foodsystemstransformation #innovation

Last week new bills were signed into law in Florida and Alabama banning the sale of #cultivatedmeat. While this is a setback for our industry, it also stifles consumer choice and hinders food innovation. These bans have been influenced by powerful agribusiness lobbies in both states, advocating for regulations that entrench factory farming as the primary source of protein in America. They run directly against the competitive free markets, regulation and progressive attitudes that have made the US a global leader in innovation. However, they are also a sign that traditional meat companies recognise that we are developing groundbreaking, delicious products that will reduce industrially-produced meat consumption. Cultivated meat has a way to go to reach the mass market, as companies work to scale this powerful but still nascent technology. In fact, cultivated products are only available in a handful of restaurants following a rigorous safety assessment by FDA and USDA experts. Bans like these can undercut an industry with enormous potential before it has a chance to make an impact. At Hoxton Farms, we're passionate about consumer choice and sustainability. Our work is driving us toward a future where both are the norm, not the exception. Where sustainable farming and cultivated food can sit side by side to ensure a resilient, climate-friendly food supply chain. Where customers have more, better choices. While these bans may seem discouraging, they only reinforce the important strides we're making. Upside Foods have initiated a petition against the Florida bans which you can find here: https://lnkd.in/ejB9qumY Together, we're proud to be building a future where sustainability, ethical animal welfare practices and strong consumer choice shape our food landscape. 🚀 We're doing this alongside other innovative cultivated meat companies like Aleph Farms, Believer Meats, BlueNalu, BLUU Seafood, GOOD Meat, GOURMEY, Ivy Farm Technologies, Meatable, Mission Barns, Mosa Meat, Omeat, SCiFi Foods, SuperMeat, Uncommon, UPSIDE Foods, Vow, Wildtype, and many more. And yes, these mouthwatering images are of the exciting cultivated products we're developing! #CultivatedMeat #SustainableFuture #FoodInnovation #FoodTech

Read on Salon.com: Despite regulatory approval, cultivated meat is not yet available to consumers because of production limitations. The high cost of production makes it difficult for cultivated meat to compete with conventional meat. Investors are hesitant to fund the industry because of these challenges. Some argue that public funding is necessary to make lab-grown meat affordable. However, others believe that the most effective way to reduce meat consumption is to end subsidies for the conventional meat industry. MeatAfora is on a mission to make cultivated meat accessible to everyone. We use innovative, plant-based edible carriers. These carriers not only streamline the production process but also have the potential to significantly reduce costs compared to traditional methods. Knowing that affordability is key, we prioritize developing scalable processes for cultivating meat. This focus on scalability ensures that cultivated meat can be produced in larger quantities, eventually bringing down the price point and making it a realistic choice for a wider range of consumers. Continue following us to learn more about developments as well as our plans for the future of the cultivated meat industry. Thanks for following! https://lnkd.in/d4CY_DpY #cultivatedmeat #innovation #foodtech #sustainability #cellculture #alternativeprotein #climatechange #cultivatedmeat #investments #future #foodsecurity #food #growth #environment #earth #foodsecurity #foodhabits #research hashtag#researchanddevelopment #labgrownmeat #climatechange #climateaction #future hashtag#foodcrisis #culturewars

🌾 Big Meeting in EU to Talk About Lab-Grown Meat 🥩 ❓ Austria, France, and Italy, along with 9 other countries, are set to discuss lab-grown meat at an important EU meeting in Brussels. This is the first time leaders will talk about this kind of meat at such a high level. 🥩 What is lab-grown meat? It's meat made in a lab from animal cells, not from animals on a farm. Recently, this new kind of meat has caused a lot of debate in Europe. Italy has even said no to making and selling it, even though the EU hasn't approved it yet. 🇪🇺 These 12 countries have some worries about this new meat. They're thinking about how it's made, if it's good or bad for people, and what it means for farmers. They want to make sure they think about all of this before saying it's okay to sell. 🚫 The group is pretty clear: they don't want this lab meat to be called real meat. They think it's not as good for the environment as some people say and that it uses a lot of energy to make. 🌍 On the other side, there's Alex Holst from a group called the Good Food Institute Europe. He says that these countries might not have the right information. His group thinks lab-grown meat can help with food shortages, lower pollution, and keep up with how much meat people want. Countries like Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands are even putting money into this new kind of meat. For more summarized news like this, subscribe to our newsletter: https://lnkd.in/dVuEVwYj [source: https://lnkd.in/drKu749v ]

⚖🥩 DEMOCRATS ARE MORE RECEPTIVE TO CULTIVATED MEAT THAN REPUBLICANS On Monday, Florida officially banned cultivated meat, making it a felony to sell, manufacture, produce or distribute these proteins in the state. It comes three months before a similar law by Alabama comes into effect. These legislative measures have been playing to the culture wars surrounding meat in the US during an election year. Describing cultivated meat as ‘fake meat’ and/or ‘lab-grown’ (a term despised by the alternative protein industry), the messaging around these bans has been hostile, protectionist and misleading. And while certain bills hoping to restrict cultivated meat do have bipartisan support, the majority of these proposals have skewed Republican. Florida and Alabama are both Republican-majority states, but bans or restrictions are also being discussed in Arizona, Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska and Wisconsin – all of these are controlled by Republicans for now. This year has perhaps one of the highest-stakes US elections in recent memory, and while broad support for cultivated meat is low, partisan politics has – unfortunately – played a major role in the way things have gone so far. Conservative media has stroked the fire even further, painting a US government grant for cultivated meat research as a move to treat troops as “guinea pigs” and force them to eat these proteins. A new survey by Morning Consult, asking 2,201 adults about their views on this food, found that while similar shares of Democrats, Republicans and independents had seen, read or heard about cultivated meat, how they perceive the innovation differs greatly. Democrats are far more likely to have a net-positive opinion on cultivated meat. For example, the net share of Democrats who say cultivated meat is good for the environment is 36, versus nine for independents and seven for Republicans. Read the full article for more information: https://lnkd.in/ek6qRhmV #GreenQueen #altprotein #cultivatedmeat #policy #futurefood #foodtech #innovation #foodsytems

The current situation with the culture wars around cultured meat bears a resemblance to the historical clash between Blockbuster and streaming services. It represents a classic struggle between innovation and established industries seeking to maintain their market dominance. Major investors remain optimistic about the future of cultured meat, with the industry attracting billions in funding in recent years. The question remains: will lab-grown meat become a mainstream protein source, or will these proposed state bans hinder its growth? The future of food is a story still unfolding, and this latest chapter promises to be a source of lively debate. Read more on the Financial Times website by clicking below. Thanks ! https://lnkd.in/dTt43HcA #cultivatedmeat  #innovation #foodtech #sustainability #cellculture #alternativeprotein #climatechange #cultivatedmeat #investments #future #foodsecurity #food #growth #environment #earth #foodsecurity #foodhabits #research #researchanddevelopment #labgrownmeat #climatechange #climateaction #future #foodcrisis #culturewars

Pick of the Day (thanks Food & Wine) The situation is only getting worse, countries and states are banning research. Lobbysts are in full swing. Nobody wants to rock the boat or aggrevate farmers in an electorate years (or in any year for that matter). There is absolutely no justification raising cows to end-up in pet food or food chain burgers... All this blind useless slaughtering when better solutions are being worked-upon is depressing. But the alternative meat industry is also to blame. Cultivated meat tried to early to get approvals for human consumption. Like for alternative proteins, the product is still "half backed" and price-parity is in a distant future. It is like a chicken and egg bad scenario: investors are getting cold feet so VC companies are trying to show progress to get investors back onboard so they ask for regulatory approval which starts politicians up on a scapegoat topic (pleases the mass with no immediate downside)... #foodtech #alternativemeat #alternativeproteins #unitedstates

States are getting ready to ban lab-grown meat https://lnkd.in/dtYzd36k The response from lawmakers sympathetic to ranchers and the meat business normally places cultured meat corporations in a tough scenario. Main meat producers Cargill and Tyson have invested in cultured meat corporations, whereas Brazil's JBS is engaged on a crop analysis website in Brazil. “We see ourselves as an 'and' answer, not an 'or' answer. We’re by no means seeking to exchange typical (meat),” says Sean Edgett, chief authorized officer of Upside Meals, a cultured meat startup that counts Cargill and Tyson amongst its buyers. “We consider there’ll at all times be a spot for it available in the market. So after I take a look at these payments, they appear very protectionist to me.” Wildtype co-founders Justin Kolbeck and Ayré Elfenbein have visited lawmakers in Arizona, Alabama and Florida to attempt to persuade them to reject or modify proposed laws in these states. “The shift we’re seeing is towards one thing far more excessive, which is speaking about outright bans,” says Elfenbein. The co-founders are notably interested by an exception for farmed seafood, mentioning to lawmakers that the USA is a internet importer of seafood and {that a} new supply of fish would enhance meals safety throughout the nation. Additionally worrying cultured meat corporations is a collection of proposed payments that might impose new labeling restrictions. A proposed invoice in Arizona would forestall corporations from utilizing meaty phrases to explain merchandise made with farmed meat, vegetation or bugs. The same invoice in West Virginia handed in March requires any cultured meat product to be labeled as “cell cultured,” “lab-grown,” or the same time period. The truth that lawmakers are proposing laws that lumps cultured meat along with insect meat (a class that many potential customers contemplate disgusting) is a worrying signal, Almy says. A political backlash in opposition to cultured meat is no surprise, says Sparsha Saha, a professor of meat and politics at Harvard's Division of Authorities. “I feel it was at all times going to be political materials, as a result of there are conglomerates, there’s a very highly effective and more and more built-in meat and dairy sector,” she says. In Florida, the controversy was notably excessive. Within the Home of Representatives, Rep. Dean Black referred to as cultured meat a “bacterial tradition” and a “nitrogen-based mobile protein paste.” Consultant Daniel Álvarez in contrast the cells present in cultured meat to most cancers. These arguments are very poorly based, says Elfenbein. “Most of the arguments that had been introduced had been primarily based on the false pretense of safety,” he says. On X day, the Florida agriculture commissioner has in contrast The

In the US, a political struggle highlights the current debate surrounding lab-grown meat in the country, specifically Arizona. Two Republican representatives, Quang Nguyen and David Marshall, have introduced separate bills targeting lab-grown meat in Arizona. Rep. Nguyen's HB 2244 focuses on labeling, aiming to prohibit the use of meat-related terms like "beef" or "chicken" for cultivated meat products, whilst Marshall's HB 2599 takes a more extreme approach, proposing a complete ban on the sale or production of any cultured meat within the state. The proposed bills are still in their early stages and face an uncertain path to becoming law. Remember that similar attempts to restrict lab-grown meat have failed in other states, indicating potential challenges for the Arizona bills. The broader debate surrounding lab-grown meat is likely to continue, with ongoing discussions about regulation, labeling, and consumer acceptance. Click below to read more! And thanks for following. https://lnkd.in/drbzGpSs #cellculture #alternativeprotein #climatechange #cultivatedmeat #investments #future #foodsecurity #food #growth #environment #earth #foodsecurity #foodhabits #research #researchanddevelopment #labgrownmeat #climatechange #climateaction #future #foodcrisis #culturewars