How Fake Meat Could Save The Planet
Missouri has banned the use of the word “meat” to apply to anything that isn’t derived from an animal, and the National Farmers Union in the U.S. is lobbying for the word “meat” to be removed from the labelling of synthetic meat products like those sold by Impossible Foods. A global turn away from meat would also require livestock farmers to find alternative livelihoods.Chris Davis at Impossible Foods believes rainforests could even recover their historic ranges. Industrial farming of cows and chickens is far from pleasant, and farmers could switch from producing low-value products for animal feed, such as corn and soy, to high value products for use in synthetic meat and dairy production.
Source: onezero.medium.com