The promise of cultivated meat - by Noah Smith - Noahpinion

A guest post by Joshua March.

SCiFi Foods co-founders Joshua March and Dr. Kasia Gora. Copyright Gabriela Hasbun I’ve long been interested in the question of how humanity can transition away from animal farming, which I view as morally barbaric. I’m a complete hypocrite on this point — I still eat meat, even though I think it’s morally wrong. So I don’t expect the world to go vegetarian anytime soon. That’s why the promise of cultivated meat — also known as lab-grown meat or tissue-culture meat — is so alluring to me. Of course, moral improvement is only one of the benefits we might derive from growing our meat in vats…

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