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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Legislators there and in several other states want to restrict the manufacture or sale of meat made in a laboratory, even though it barely exists. The space industry disagrees.

Lab grown meat.

It sounds like a plotline from a sci-fi movie about test-tube chicken fingers, but it’s a real thing.

Start-up companies around the world are competing to develop technologies for producing chicken, beef, salmon and other options without the need to raise and slaughter animals. China has made the development of the industry a priority. In the United States, the Department of Agriculture has given initial blessings to two producers.

Now, a measure in Florida that would ban sales of laboratory-grown meat has gained widespread attention beyond state borders. The bill, which is advancing through the Florida Legislature, would make the sale or manufacture of lab-grown meat a misdemeanor with a fine of $1,000. It’s one of a half-dozen similar measures in Arizona, Tennessee, West Virginia and elsewhere.

Opponents of lab-grown meat include beef and poultry associations worried that laboratory-made hamburgers or chicken nuggets could cut into their business.

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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I just recently learned that the beef industry literally has an online troll farm of >20,000 paid "MBA" (Masters of Beef Advocacy) graduates. It certainly goes against their self-interest no differently than oil opposing electric cars.

Edit: For the doubters.

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well I can see why! No matter what lab-grown meat has to offer, you just can't beat the taste of freshly seared grass-fed steak on a charcoal grill. And the more the cow suffered before its death, the better it tastes! Ain't nothing more American than that. No woke lab full of so-called "scientists" (i.e. agents serving the liberal agenda) can match that!

So next time you're at the polling station and some socialist put a measure on the ballot to regulate your local cattle industry that provides thousands of appropriately-paid jobs to America's youth (free from union oppression, of course) because of "the environment" or "child labor laws", think again!

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Too right about that! Plus I just so happened to hear that Free Range Freedom Ranch promises to deliver the tastiest, most healthiest non-atherosclerotic-inducing, ANTI-Cancer (TM) Beef Patties in the whole Freedom-Lubbin 'Merica! Shucks, imagine that!

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