How we could eat real meat without harming animals | Isha Datar

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

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🗓️ 25 January 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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What if you could eat chicken nuggets without harming a chicken? It's possible through "cellular agriculture," says Isha Datar. In a talk about cutting-edge science, she explains how this new means of food production makes it possible to eat meat without the negative consequences of industrial farming -- and how it could fundamentally change our food systems for the better. "It's our once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get a second chance at agriculture," she says.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	This is Ted Health. I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Unger-Lighter.
0:12.0	What if there was a way to enjoy meat without harming animals?
0:16.0	Well, maybe that future isn't far off.
0:19.0	The process of cell culture uses engineering biology to grow meat we love from a single cell
0:25.0	in a lab.
0:26.0	In her 2021 Ted Monterey Talk, cellular agriculture, ecosystem builder, Isha DeTar,
0:32.0	shares how this new technology could not only revolutionize the way that agriculture is grown,
0:38.0	but also reduce antibiotic resistance and keep animals from suffering,
0:42.0	all while helping save our planet.
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1:14.0	Diners in Singapore are eating chicken nuggets made from a chicken who is never killed.
1:22.0	How is this possible through the power of what I call cellular agriculture?
1:27.0	For the past decade, I've been an advocate for growing meat in a lab.
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