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The first cultivated meat is approved for sale in the US (upsidefoods.com)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I'm sure that it will initially cost a premium, before coming down in price as the technology matures. I'm also curious about the relative environmental impact that cultivated meat has versus raising livestock.

ETA: I found a study regarding cultured meat's environmental impact: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es200130u

According to this study, cultured meat is 7-45% more energy efficient, emits 78-96% less CO2, requires 82-96% less water, and occupies 99% less land than raising livestock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for this great info

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I was wondering that too. It sounds like a promising technology.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dang, I figured CO2 emissions would be much better than traditional livestock but I wouldn't have guessed that much better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Right? The water and ghg emission is nearly at the same level as fruits and veggies from what I can tell. That's intense. Energy use is still pretty high but I imagine that'll get optimized over time. Low key excited to try it too, I wasn't too sold on the meat alternatives from beyondmeat, but this looks very interesting.