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What do you think of this.

Personally (as a carnivore :D) I wouldn't have a problem eating it but quite like 'real' food, so would actively choose animal over lab meat.

However I'm intrigued to know veggie/vegan views? Personally I wouldn't touch if I was veggie as they are still living cells - but then you'd get onto the debate of plants testing for pain etc etc

I also don't agree with the end sentence about "So in the future, more cows may be able to roam the fields without having to fear the slaughterhouse." If anything I think there'd be less cows as no reason to keep them.
 
Going one step further, no more cows roaming the fields....would mean no more need for the country side either.

The far reaching implications are very, very scary, but with the population increasing as it is, eventually there will need to be alternative ways of feeding them all.

And whilst there are more natural alternatives, no, I would not eat it.
 
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I think itnis fantastic and yes I would eat it.

Hopefully, as production costs came down, the market would polarize into 2 sections, the real well kept and ethically slaughtered meat and the cheap lab produced meat.

I worked for a supremely 'posh' land agent once and was so appalled at their ethics I have avoided factory farmed meat ever since so would love to see a humane alternative.
 
I won't touch most meats (i can name everything in my freezer bar road kill) so know exactly how its been treated.

I don't like the growing it idea (maybe that as I'm very much anti all the transgenics going on - too much we are playing god with and releasing into the world! And seems too similar for my liking). But do like the idea of the two markets it comes down to.
 
No I don't like that idea at all!!!

It would mean that poor people can ONLY afford to eat synthetic meat and the rich eat NORMAL food.

Wrong. On many levels.
 
It's all a bit sci fi isn't it? A very interesting dilemma. I am not a veggie but surely it is just another way of replicating meat like quorn, soya protein etc that is made with a specific aim of being like meat but no death! Its not like creating a living breathing thing as it won't have a brain to register pain surely, although would obviously be derived from meat cells. I guess it might have nerve cells within it (like how octopus tentacles can keep moving even when chopped off) which may form some sort of erm....being (have I been watching too much star trek again?), I don't know, I'd kind of think of it as a thing between vegetable and animal like slime mould... I really love slime mould (not to eat, its just cool!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/19846365
 
Tallyho I manage to eat quality meat at the same cost as cheap meat and still don't believe people who say they can only afford cheap poorly kept meat. I think part of the problem is people not supporting the ethical farms who coul
. Run cheaper if more people did.
Mandwhy. There was a study yonks ago about plants registering pain. And on the other end of the scale many people don't believe fish feel pain (i disagree). I don't think I'd be able to justify eating it if I were a veggie
Did you see the article on BBC about the mould living on rainforest floors and their interaction, was quite fascinating!
 
No I didn't I must investigate further, love the slime mould!

I don't think plants feel pain but will try and look it up. I think plants obviously have some sort of 'awareness' if you can call it that... Probably wrong word, but they move towards light etc. Fish, well I think they definitely do feel pain just as they can sense danger (were they counting cartilagenous fish like sharks etc? They have some really advanced senses detecting movement over seriously long distances and all kinds so I'd be very surprised if they coudlnt feel pain!).

I think a lot of people's problem is that they think it is a right or a necessity to eat meat as much as they do, like at least once a day if not more. Personally I eat meat maybe 3 times a week, and given the choice of cheap burgers/sausages or the veggie option I find the veggie ones WAY more appetising (less greasy for a start) and in fact I love the variety and textures of vegetables. My BF took some convincing but he is beginning to adapt to my insistence on not buying cheap rubbish and if we do buy it, I will make for example a vegetarian pasta dish or curry, and grill some sausages so he can plonk them on top and get his meat fix if he wants!

Pretty glad I'm a snob about burgers in light of recent news! Not that I think horse meat is any worse than cow or sheep or chicken, but I've always had an issue with not knowing what's in my food!
 
I absolutely agree. I will happily have veggie meals some of the week and OH thankfully likes his nice meat too. Having a dietician mother to advise we don't need so much of it to live helps too!
But even without cutting back, butchers meat is often cheaper by the time you've cooked the water/c *ap out of cheap meat!

I will eat most meats, no problem but like real meat in my meat and I do like a heads up on what I'm eating!
 
As a vegetarian I think it's all a bit weird! :)

I can see the reasoning behind it but I too think it would lead to less farm ype animals - it's not like people are going to keep them as pets? Plus, yes withour animals on the fields what would be on there? Houses I would suspect. Very sad.

Unfortunately (or fortunately) I think Mother Nature tends to get involved when humans start messing with these things and something will go 'wrong'!
 
Sidney said:
Going one step further, no more cows roaming the fields....would mean no more need for the country side either.
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What about the other animals (that we eat etc) and crops, and would we not need the cattle still for milk/cream/butter/cheese making?

Still, they want to ban cows because their farts damage the ozone!!

Would I eat it? Yes, if fresh real meat were not available. I don't eat a lot of beef though, and may eat more pork/lamb/chicken/fish etc.

Where will this end though:confused:
 
Moana any food product could be printed, cows is just the practise point. They have already done chocolate.

It will be interesting to see how it develops. While I'd rather not eat it, I should imagine it may be a break through medically. They've made lots of things with 3d printers already and they've been around a while now.
 
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