Lab grown meat

Sandy_123
Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

Following on from a debate on the vine show this morning.

Would you eat meat grown in a lab?

Me personally it's a very big no.

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  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    having been a none meat eater all my life its a no from me but if labour meets there plans for housing one has to wonder if this is the future way of life to come

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

    Myself I try avoid anything processed or max processed, to me I think natural is best. I dread to think of the things going into lab grown meat. But you could be right with extra people. As long as the choice remains for me @michael57

  • Rosie_Scope
    Rosie_Scope Posts: 4,654 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I've been a vegetarian for a long time and part of me thinks it's totally fine as the animal hasn't come to any harm. Perhaps my body would benefit from the nutrition of the meat and it would also reduce some of the environmental impact of keeping big animals like cows. But the other part of me is massively squeamish about it!

    Lots of our food is already grown and modified by Science, so I'm not totally against that idea if it's well-regulated and the choice for other products is still there. Just feels weird to think about eating something 'meaty' after so long without it.

    It's a tough one! I'm not sure I'll know how to feel about it until it becomes more widely available.

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,409 Scope Online Community Specialist

    I think it's idealistic. Getting meat without anything having to die? Or possibly using less land/creating less greenhouse gases? All good things.

    But, of course there is a but, there are big questions over the processing and more. It's a new technology, as with all new technologies we'll be discovering a lot about it. I wouldn't say no to it personally, but I find there's already a lot of good alternatives if you want to avoid eating meat. While me and the other half still eat meat for 3-4 meals a week we try to make sure we have at least 1 fish meal a week and 2-3 vegetarian/vegan meals a week. The ways I've learnt to cook tofu when I used to really dislike it! There's a lot you can do with it.

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    haha i feel in the future the word choice will be erased it will be there way or the highway

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

    I don't think vegans would touch it as it's from animal cells. I worry about future illnesses from it as it's man made.

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

    I would happily turn veggy if choice was void

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,409 Scope Online Community Specialist

    I've heard some vegans would be okay with it as it doesn't require killing the animal, while some wouldn't as the cells aren't given with the animals consent. I suppose the latter would not consider the former to be "true vegans".

    I don't think choice will be taken away imo. Though, I suppose there's the question of if the climate gets bad enough meat may actually become more expensive and thus exclusive anyway as less land is suitable for animal grazing.

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    now us veggies would prefer you all to carry on eating meat the climate could not cope with all that extra methane gas 😈

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

    Well I did read that the scientist was coming up to stop cows trumping and again that a no from me.

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    yes putting seaweed in there diet can reduce there methane gas output by up to 70%

  • Jimm_Scope
    Jimm_Scope Posts: 5,409 Scope Online Community Specialist

    Does that work for humans too?

    I honestly quite like seaweed, wrapped in sushi or the crispy seaweed you can sometimes get from a chinese takeaway. They use it quite a lot in Japanese cooking.

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    i myself have no idea being a simple man cows have 4 stomachs so there digestive system probably works a tad different to ours i am quite happy with my beans on toast

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing
    edited September 23

    I don't really know if effects humans or n same way....quick Google says it does lol but I'm not a seaweed fan

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    with the amount of alleged sewage pumped into the water ways ending up in the sea i would give it a miss myself 🤣

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

    @michael57 that made me laugh, no deffo not appealing to me

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    i have to say i find it rather hard to think that bse was caused by feeding chicken bones in cattle feed when in the states they actually dry and feed chicken poop as it is a cheep (haha nice pun ) form of protein for some 40 odd years

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

    I just wish things would be left as nature intended, all this meddling is from scientists. Where nothing good comes from it

  • michael57
    michael57 Online Community Member Posts: 883 Trailblazing

    money and greed i am afraid

  • Sandy_123
    Sandy_123 Scope Member Posts: 59,525 Championing

    Yeah your probably right I do buy a lot of Australian and New Zealand meats myself