From Richard Grimmer, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK
Brian Kateman argues that lab-grown meat firms should focus on staple foods before they produce versions of exotic meats. In this way, we can increase public acceptance of cultured foods and reduce the adverse impacts of animal farming (14 October, p 21).
Surely the effort involved in persuading people to eat lab-grown chicken and beef would be better spent persuading them to eat another form of protein altogether, one that is already available, palatable and healthy: beans!
Meanwhile, the technology used to grow animal muscle tissue could be redirected to other animal tissues, those used in traditional medicines that contribute to illegal animal trade and poaching of endangered species. How about growing rhino horn, pangolin scales or leopard bones and putting the poachers out of business?
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