Cultured meat is meat grown artificially from muscle cells in a lab or factory,
instead of being taken from slaughtered animals. It is occasionally discussed
in the popular and animal rights press. Despite raising some ethical problems
for activists, it deserves support for many reasons, some of which are
described here.
The arguments for cultured meat are given briefly. The scientific
technicalities could be more thoroughly discussed by scientific experts – links
are in the menu items. Hopefully, sympathetic scientists as well as other AR
activists will involve themselves in the discussion and advancement of cultured
meat, given its potential importance.
You can find out more about how to support the development of cultured meat at the Future Food website (http://www.futurefood.org/).
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