Hochschartner: Calls for more cultured meat research
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If Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Martha McSally care about the environment, they should support federal funding for cultured-meat research.
For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. The greenhouse gas emissions, fresh water and land required to produce it are a tiny fraction of those necessary to raise livestock.
Dr. Mark Post debuted the first cultured-beef hamburger in 2013.
It cost an astonishing $280,000 to make. Since that time, the price has dropped substantially. Dr. Post believes a similar burger will cost $10 in the near future.
As wonderful as this progress is, the price will need to be reduced further in order to compete with slaughtered meat.