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Cultivated meat, precision fermentation, and GMO agriculture are expanding globally as regulators, researchers, and farming industries debate long-term impacts on health, food security, and traditional agriculture.

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Not some too distant dystopia: due to climate change, growing cattle became impossible. Lab meat, once seen as only a curiosity, sees rapid and explosive growth, as people struggle to maintain a nutritious diet. In a fierce competitive market, many labs compete on price by sacrificing quality, often by replacing protein with recycled plastic and clay. Periodically, news mentions creeps and billionaires who raise cows in illegal farmfields