Test-Tube Burgers????

[petspoiler]

thank you MN_Rebel.

 

[dogofwar]

So because slashing and burning the Amazon to plant soybeans and other crops (as well as to graze cattle) is resulting in habitat destruction, scientists shouldn't conduct research to develop environmentally-friendly ways to produce meat?

I don't follow your logic. Although both links were interesting!

Matt

But I don't see you make an argument about the croplands which also is huge responsible for habitat destruction and they are also responsible for the extinction of rare species. http://www.organicauthority.com/blo...d-destroys-80-percent-of-species-study-finds/

http://worldinfo.org/2012/01/food-for-thought-soybean-endangers-brazil-amazon-rainforest/

http://prezi.com/vooulnu_1pld/cropland-expansion-destroying-tropical-rainforests/

I could keep cherry picking out these just like you do as I said before.

As I said before, why would they create a test-tube beef if we have high supply of food (beef or not) available to us? Should we trust these people that create this product in the lab next to chemicals, bio-hazards, etc? Most of us won't touch a GM vegetable or a GM salmon and I really seriously doubt that this test tube beef will make to United States due to the regulations.

 

[Dan F]

What they served isn't, of course, ready for prime time but represents a huge achievement and step toward sustainable meat production.

Would I eat version 1.0? Nope. That's really not the point!

For many reasons, I really hope that this is an area of continued public-private funding going forward.

As an aside, at least this is 100% meat - about 64% more than the "beef" used by Taco Bell: http://jezebel.com/5742413/this-is-what-really-hides-in-taco-bells-beef

Matt

100% meat? Bread crumbs, egg powder, and beet juice are meat?

"Resembling a standard circular-shaped red meat patty, it was created by knitting together 20,000 strands of laboratory-grown protein, combined with other ingredients normally used in burgers, such as salt, breadcrumbs and egg powder. Red beet juice and saffron were added to give it color."

 

[petspoiler]

100% meat? Bread crumbs, egg powder, and beet juice are meat?

"Resembling a standard circular-shaped red meat patty, it was created by knitting together 20,000 strands of laboratory-grown protein, combined with other ingredients normally used in burgers, such as salt, breadcrumbs and egg powder. Red beet juice and saffron were added to give it color."

Thank you for sustaining the med-free well being of my blood pressure today.

 

[dogofwar]

Yes the "meat" was 100% beef... it's transformation into a burger required "other ingredients normally used in burgers." And they cooked it in butter to give it some fatty taste.

Think the raw meat that goes into the "burger" or "chicken" sandwich from your average fast food restaurant is free from anything but 100% beef? No binders, coloration or other chemicals (probably harder to pronounce or spell than egg, bread and salt)?

I won't argue that test tube burger v1.0 is probably less than delicious...but I will argue that it's a worth effort.

Matt

100% meat? Bread crumbs, egg powder, and beet juice are meat?

"Resembling a standard circular-shaped red meat patty, it was created by knitting together 20,000 strands of laboratory-grown protein, combined with other ingredients normally used in burgers, such as salt, breadcrumbs and egg powder. Red beet juice and saffron were added to give it color."

 

[MN_Rebel]

So because slashing and burning the Amazon to plant soybeans and other crops (as well as to graze cattle) is resulting in habitat destruction, scientists shouldn't conduct research to develop environmentally-friendly ways to produce meat?

I don't follow your logic. Although both links were interesting!

Matt

You don't get it at all. Most of us are against GM foods already and there are overabundance of food here, why needs more GM foods? If you want things to be environmentally-friendly ways, then give up everything and go primitive. Agriculture isn't only thing that is destroying the environment.

 

[dogofwar]

Who is "most of us"?

Are you advocating that the US government ban all GM foods? Keeping in mind, of course, that nearly all of the corn produced in the US is GM to withstand weed killers, to be drought tolerant and have other characteristics that make it easier to farm (and more productive than, say, what the Pilgrims had).

That there are other causes of environmental destruction doesn't mean that we should stop research addressing a major one?

Matt

You don't get it at all. Most of us are against GM foods already and there are overabundance of food here, why needs more GM foods? If you want things to be environmentally-friendly ways, then give up everything and go primitive. Agriculture isn't only thing that is destroying the environment.

 

[Dan F]

What they served isn't, of course, ready for prime time but represents a huge achievement and step toward sustainable meat production.

Would I eat version 1.0? Nope. That's really not the point!

For many reasons, I really hope that this is an area of continued public-private funding going forward.

As an aside, at least this is 100% meat - about 64% more than the "beef" used by Taco Bell: http://jezebel.com/5742413/this-is-what-really-hides-in-taco-bells-beef

Matt

Yes the "meat" was 100% beef... it's transformation into a burger required "other ingredients normally used in burgers." And they cooked it in butter to give it some fatty taste.

Think the raw meat that goes into the "burger" or "chicken" sandwich from your average fast food restaurant is free from anything but 100% beef? No binders, coloration or other chemicals (probably harder to pronounce or spell than egg, bread and salt)?

I won't argue that test tube burger v1.0 is probably less than delicious...but I will argue that it's a worth effort.

Matt

Well, then Taco Bell "meat" is also 100% beef, by your logic.

 

[petspoiler]

AS IF meat production creates "major" environmental destruction in the USA.
Who do you work for, dogofwar?

 

[MN_Rebel]

Who is "most of us"?

Are you advocating that the US government ban all GM foods? Keeping in mind, of course, that nearly all of the corn produced in the US is GM to withstand weed killers, to be drought tolerant and have other characteristics that make it easier to farm (and more productive than, say, what the Pilgrims had).

That there are other causes of environmental destruction doesn't mean that we should stop research addressing a major one?

Matt

And causing the cancer and health risks to us from eating GM foods. Good idea......not! What happened to the natural foods these days? Or did the society got too lazy and depends on junk foods? Where did the chemicals go after being used on the crops for weed/insect control? Why is the insects and birds are dying from the chemicals that was used in the crops? Why is that you think that beef industry is major issue for the environment if you refused to address about other issues that caused the environmental destruction? After all the agriculture IS NOT ONLY ONE THING that can caused environmental destruction? Or are you just cherry picking again?