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[Bone]

And you say that with your agronomy degree hanging on your wall.
It can easily alter the environment without proper rotation.
Finally, sucks for you guys, but cows over here are not bred like that.

And I don't see yours.
I'm not talking about an alteration of the environment, I'm talking about raising/growing in an environment drastically different from its natural one.

On topic: I don't see anything wrong with lab-grown meat. Unless it isn't required to be labeled as such, or something insane like that. I don't see it being a feasible replacement for natural meat though.

[kaelyn24]

If it ever becomes healthy, sustainable, and more affordable, good for them.

it would all just be artificial, or unneeded hormones added in

[Sweeney]

it would all just be artificial, or unneeded hormones added in

"Artificial" and "hormones" aren't dirty words, you know.

[Waser Lave]

"Artificial" and "hormones" aren't dirty words, you know.

They can be if you're creative enough.

[chipmunk]

I eagerly await the next product of the Soylent Corporation.

Yup, soylent green was my first thought, the second was 'not on my plate' no way in hell.

In another year I'll be working a ranch in Montana, savoring free range burgers and steak

[Sunset]

Im still sticking to what I said .... and....
how many more uneeded hormones do you really wanted added to our diets? There is enough in our foods now as it is next thing ya know there's going to be 5 year olds running around fully developed because of it.

[Sweeney]

Im still sticking to what I said .... and....
how many more uneeded hormones do you really wanted added to our diets? There is enough in our foods now as it is next thing ya know there's going to be 5 year olds running around fully developed because of it.

That's not how hormones work.

[ae19]

Thankfully here in Canada farms aren't allowed to use hormones on animals, but I'm skeptical as to whether injecting animals with hormones to get them to grow quicker and consuming the meat has any more adverse affects on humans than eating meat that doesn't have injected hormones. Remember that animals' bodies produce their own hormones and if animals treated with additional hormones would have a negative affect on humans who consume the meat, then eating meat that isn't treated would produce the same effect but perhaps to a lesser degree.

There are people who would argue that the use of hormones in the farm industry is responsible for the modern trend of children, particularly girls, reaching puberty earlier, but that probably has to do with better modern diets and health practices in the Western hemisphere.