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Today, Explained

The real fight over fake meat

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Americans are eating more meat than ever, and it’s wreaking havoc on the environment. Vox’s Kenny Torrella explains how lab-grown meat could be the solution — if only manufacturers can overcome technological setbacks and political blowback. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and guest-hosted by David Pierce. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Artificial meat grown in labs, also known as lab meat, has had a heck of a year.

0:07.0

Last June, the FDA approved two lab meat startups to sell their stuff to the general public.

0:12.0

Cells kept on ice can be replicated on a large scale.

0:15.0

Fed a mixture of vitamins, fats, sugars, and oxygen in tanks,

0:20.0

growing into tissues of chicken.

0:22.0

But good luck finding it on the menu. The meat alternative

0:25.3

is now facing technological setbacks and political blowback. There are a

0:29.6

number of red states moving to ban cell cultivated meat altogether and even at the

0:36.3

federal level there are some policymakers working to ban it in school lunches.

0:40.5

Fake meat's real problems ahead on today explained.

0:47.0

It strikes me that something grown, started in a Petri dish is not as wholesome and not as good

0:52.1

as beef raised on the farm that we've been

0:54.0

raising for thousands of years.

0:57.0

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