| Futurists for many decades now have considered | | | | Luckily, some Dutch researchers have been able |
| the potential eventuality of growing meat without | | | | to grow what they call "soggy pork" in their |
| the animal. This would be much more humane and | | | | research laboratories. Basically, they have grown |
| it would also mean we wouldn't have all the waste | | | | the tissue from the muscles of pigs. They have |
| that we do today. Part of the big problems in the | | | | been able to get the cells to grow, multiply, and |
| swine and chicken livestock business is all the | | | | create pork steaks. As it grows they are |
| waste that is created by these animals while they | | | | artificially able to bend it, and make it flex, which |
| are living, and all the waste that is created during | | | | would simulate an animal flexing its muscles as it |
| the processing period before they are packaged | | | | grows. |
| and shipped to the grocery store. | | | | Is this the future of meat? |
| In many places there are huge reservoir like pits | | | | Indeed, I absolutely believe it is, and it makes a lot |
| where all this waste is stored. It often gets into | | | | of sense. The challenges will be to make sure that |
| the groundwater, or during flooding flows into the | | | | it is edible and healthy to eat, and it will lower the |
| rivers and lakes. There have been cases where | | | | cost of producing meat products and protein for |
| flesh eating bacteria has gotten into the native | | | | all of the humans on the planet, and it ought to |
| fish in the area and in the natural environment. | | | | shut up the animal rights activists. Therefore, |
| This is also a terrible breeding challenge for not | | | | there are a lot of benefits to this, and it will be |
| only flesh eating bacteria but also viruses and | | | | interesting how acceptable it becomes in the |
| diseases. We could solve a lot of problems by | | | | future, once it hits the market place. Please |
| creating artificial meat. | | | | consider all this. |