From the Covid-19 case spike to bird flu, Big Meat plays a role in how viruses spread. If we want better personal and public health, both industry and consumer behaviors have to change.
I mean yes…you can also say that about crop-diversity (or lack there of). I am not sure ultimately how you can feed the world without something like this currently. Because I think there are many people who will not stop eating meat. But there’s also a lot of people who love processed foods. And a lot of processed foods that already are only a quadrant of meat. So I don’t think the issues people have are so much with lab-grown meat but perhaps the stigma of it’s unnatural state without realizing that a lot of their food isn’t just straight “chicken” or something. There’s also a CRAZY amount of food waste in America. I know because I used to live off of “expired” foods. But also you know, working in/with foods will show you that too. I think we might need to shift our expectations from always having x-thing available and always having packed shelves to something less wasteful. But I am not sure because I think if you make things less available people start hoarding like little rats.
So…I don’t have the answers but I do know that ditching factory farming is probably not going to happen any time soon and will continue to be a large scale issue unless you can find a way to sway the people. And it’s hard big picture for people to even comprehend the connection between farming and global warming. Let alone farming and pandemics. So…eh!?
I mean yes…you can also say that about crop-diversity (or lack there of). I am not sure ultimately how you can feed the world without something like this currently. Because I think there are many people who will not stop eating meat. But there’s also a lot of people who love processed foods. And a lot of processed foods that already are only a quadrant of meat. So I don’t think the issues people have are so much with lab-grown meat but perhaps the stigma of it’s unnatural state without realizing that a lot of their food isn’t just straight “chicken” or something. There’s also a CRAZY amount of food waste in America. I know because I used to live off of “expired” foods. But also you know, working in/with foods will show you that too. I think we might need to shift our expectations from always having x-thing available and always having packed shelves to something less wasteful. But I am not sure because I think if you make things less available people start hoarding like little rats.
So…I don’t have the answers but I do know that ditching factory farming is probably not going to happen any time soon and will continue to be a large scale issue unless you can find a way to sway the people. And it’s hard big picture for people to even comprehend the connection between farming and global warming. Let alone farming and pandemics. So…eh!?