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Interesting, when did you visit cattle farms in the Amazon and Palm oil farms in Indonesia?Yea looking back I don't think that the system I mentioned should wholly replace conventional farming. My big goal is to try and find farming practices that can habituated long term coexistence with nature. Because things like cattle farming in the Amazon and palm oil farming I Indonesia are really detrimental.
Ok to be fair, most of what I know about the two mentioned farming methods comes from secondary sources as I haven't traveled there. I guess I should have put that as a disclaimer. Those were just the 2 examples I could think of concerning farms being a detriment to the environment. Even if I didn't like the trajectory now, I wouldn't just say stop it all rn because economies everywhere would go south asap (see post-1977 Kenya for that trainwreck).Interesting, when did you visit cattle farms in the Amazon and Palm oil farms in Indonesia?
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45865403?SThisFB
We slaughter 70 billion animals each year to feed seven billion people, says Dr Uma Valeti, a cardiologist who founded California-based Memphis Meats, a leading cell-based meat company.
Tyson is the biggest meat processor in the US, processing around 424,000 pigs, 130,000 cows and 35 million chickens every week. So why is it investing in cellular meat?
Pigs are in the middle of that somewhere, fish are incredible being better than chicken. Especially those new biotech fish... actually they are not all that new. The technology was on the shelf for many years awaiting approval.Mind boggling numbers in the article in the OP.
As far as the carbon footprint of beef cattle, some of the numbers I've heard quoted are that it takes between 10-15 pounds of feed to add a pound to cattle. Not very efficient and results in a lot of manure. Chickens take about 2 pounds of feed to add a pound of body weight.
Just please be careful what you say with your mouth fullOk to be fair, most of what I know about the two mentioned farming methods comes from secondary sources as I haven't traveled there. I guess I should have put that as a disclaimer. Those were just the 2 examples I could think of concerning farms being a detriment to the environment. Even if I didn't like the trajectory now, I wouldn't just say stop it all rn because economies everywhere would go south asap (see post-1977 Kenya for that trainwreck).
Going back to the topic, I feel that this lab meat is nothing more than a fancy gimmick and once it hits the market, I expect it to fall off the hype train rather quickly, likely not becoming cheap enough to be a viable alternative to conventional meat.
Yes it is!So much of that 'information " is just pure bullshit.
As for cellular meat, I see it as a financial threat to me. But can't say I oppose the technology for those who wish to utilize it. I'd be a bit of a hypocrite to embrace only the technologies that benefit me.Going back to the topic, I feel that this lab meat is nothing more than a fancy gimmick and once it hits the market, I expect it to fall off the hype train rather quickly, likely not becoming cheap enough to be a viable alternative to conventional meat.
I understand. So what are some examples of things you've seen that are contrary to what most people think besides hunting because that's obvious.Just please be careful what you say with your mouth fullOne thing I have learned as I've had the opportunity to travel to a few more remote parts of the Planet, is how wrong many/most commonly accepted opinions of those places are.
That is the best part of hunting, IMO. Getting to see and experience the real World as it is, not as it is sold, or as it is presented on a photo safari. So much of that 'information " is just pure bullshit.
rBST, recombinant Bovine Somatatropin. Probably the most environmentally friendly technology to ever hit the dairy industry. After 25 years of success, almost non existent anymore because retailers such as Wal Mart don't want to market it. Even though they have a policy of being Green Friendly.I understand. So what are some examples of things you've seen that are contrary to what most people think besides hunting because that's obvious.
Another is the fundraising for starving people. I was at a farming/irrigation project in Zimbabwe that was successfully supplying corn to the remote village of Chakwalla Kwalla (sp?) for many years. Then it was abandoned in 1974 and left to ruin because of US corn donations. So now rather than farm that land 12 months out of the year, the village men spend most of their time making homemade beer, and babies. And that 4'x4'x4' pallet of condoms delivered with Obama 's picture on the side? Yes, the women are using them to tie their hair....
I heard in Namibia: "Why would I want to use a condom? Would you eat a snicker's bar with the wrapper on?" This was after attempts to explain diseases, especially HIV & AIDs with examples of deaths in their tribe from the associated activity.... And that 4'x4'x4' pallet of condoms delivered with Obama 's picture on the side? Yes, the women are using them to tie their hair....