Tyson Foods CEO: The Future of Food Might Be Meatless

Post by notyourwork » Wed, Mar 08, 2017, 2:17 AM UTC

dawnerd wrote: post #40

SeanBoocock wrote: post #22

What heartens me is that the shift towards plant-base protein can be gradual while still having a large impact. Ingredients like ground beef make up the majority(?) [1] of beef sold and there are already good plant based simulacra on the market [2] with more coming soon. I have my doubts we'll see anything marketable and cost competitive that could compete with larger cuts of meat in the next decade, but I could see…

I thought taco bell and now subway were only just 50% meat. I'm sure they'd go to more filler if they could legally label it as "meat"

Post by jimmywanger » Wed, Mar 08, 2017, 2:19 AM UTC

SeanBoocock wrote: post #22

What heartens me is that the shift towards plant-base protein can be gradual while still having a large impact. Ingredients like ground beef make up the majority(?) [1] of beef sold and there are already good plant based simulacra on the market [2] with more coming soon. I have my doubts we'll see anything marketable and cost competitive that could compete with larger cuts of meat in the next decade, but I could see…

Post by xexers » Wed, Mar 08, 2017, 2:20 AM UTC

alrs wrote: post #47

I'll never go meatless, the health benefits of meat are too great.

Post by crowbahr » Wed, Mar 08, 2017, 2:21 AM UTC

xsmasher wrote: post #36

droopyEyelids wrote: post #30

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It's not clear to me that humans are going to think of a more efficient way to turn energy and matter into food in the next century. We could potentially alter the animals into something that would be hard to recognize, but that'll be an evolution of animal husbandry, not something that will leave us bewildered at animals. What do you see that indicates we're going to make massive leaps beyond what animal life has al…

There's already a more efficient way to turn energy and matter into food - plants. Running it through animals before we eat it is the inefficiency.

Post by soheil » Wed, Mar 08, 2017, 2:22 AM UTC

notyourwork wrote: post #54

sethbannon wrote: post #9

Animal agriculture seems to me like one of those things that in 50 to 100 years people will look back on with bewilderment. "You mean you birthed whole animals, let them grow for two years, fed them all the while, just to kill them, chop up their remains, and ship that to people?" Plant based protein and maybe even more so cultured/clean meat (e.g. http://www.memphismeats.com/ ) seem likely to totally replace how we…

"You mean you planted that whole acreage with seed, let them grow, watered and fertilized them all the while, just to cut them down, chop them up and ship that to people?"