Plant Based Meats Do More to Address Climate Change Than Green Buildings or Zero-Emission Cars
DAMIAN CARRINGTONmotherjones.comSaved by Mike Tannenbaum
Plant Based Meats Do More to Address Climate Change Than Green Buildings or Zero-Emission Cars
Saved by Mike Tannenbaum
This might sound like science fiction, but the world’s first clean hamburger was grown from cells—and then eaten—in 2013. It cost $330,000. Four years of research and development brought the price down to $11 per unit, and within another decade industrially produced clean meat is expected to be cheaper than slaughtered meat. This technological deve
... See morealso need less grain to produce them, reducing the pressure on food crops and the use of fertilizers too. And it’s a huge boon for animal welfare whenever fewer livestock
The key message here is not “zero meat” but rather “more plants.” More than 100 percent dietary purity, I want you to shift your overall dietary pattern.