Startup Serves Up Chicken Produced From Cells in Lab

Post by lessclue » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 10:58 AM UTC

kriro wrote: post #94

sethbannon wrote: post #3

After not eating meat for over 20 years due to the environmental and ethical concerns over how it's conventionally been made, I was lucky enough to be at the tasting described in the WSJ article. I wrote about it here: https://medium.com/@sethbannon/i-just-ate-meat-for-the-first...

Why not simply buy lovingly raised animals (obviously more expensive) instead of quitting on meat. That way you'd signal to the market that there's more demand for that kind of meat. I mean if everyone was a vegetarian/vegan some pretty cool animals would probably be extinct soon.

Post by antisocial » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 11:53 AM UTC

lessclue wrote: post #111

kriro wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not simply buy lovingly raised animals (obviously more expensive) instead of quitting on meat. That way you'd signal to the market that there's more demand for that kind of meat. I mean if everyone was a vegetarian/vegan some pretty cool animals would probably be extinct soon.

"lovingly raised" to be slaughtered is an oxymoron.

Post by m_fayer » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 12:24 PM UTC

marricks wrote: post #42

m_fayer wrote: post #35

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Meat is the easiest form of high quality protein. Not everyone's digestive system is amenable to high quantities of non-meat protein sources or to high-carb diets.

How is it easiest? Perhaps most accessible how society is currently setup, but beans, tofu, etc are all good for you, plenty of vegan body builders rely on them. This "high quality" protein myth is garbage.

Post by darkxanthos » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 12:50 PM UTC

lessclue wrote: post #111

kriro wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why not simply buy lovingly raised animals (obviously more expensive) instead of quitting on meat. That way you'd signal to the market that there's more demand for that kind of meat. I mean if everyone was a vegetarian/vegan some pretty cool animals would probably be extinct soon.

"lovingly raised" to be slaughtered is an oxymoron.

Post by RobertoG » Thu, Mar 16, 2017, 1:00 PM UTC

greglindahl wrote: post #44

digikata wrote: post #40

So why are all the engineered meat startups targeting pretty common meats that are fairly low cost? Why not a something like tuna which is endangered and can sell at a really high cost per pound. Take the Tesla strategy and build for a high-end exotic market that can sustain a high-margin first then get into position for the wider, lower margin market.

One meat startup went into high-end leather: http://www.modernmeadow.com/ Another algae-to-make-food company went into high-end oils for cosmetics: http://www.solazyme.com/ (and some other industrial things, from what I see now)