http://wired.com/news/technology/0,7120 ... n_index_13
Or, if you will, soylent green! Scary cyborg zombie meat or cheerful cruelty free protein? It's all in how you look at it.
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Ummm, doesn't much of the flavor come from fat? Where's the fat in this pure muscle "meat sheets"?
On the plus side, we won't be consuming tons of antibiotics and hormones used to factory farm today. Also, the time to meat should be shorter since rather than having to grow a cow, you only need to grow the muscle part.
I guess this is going to be the first implementation of the giant yeast vats so often portrayed in sci fi novels for feeding hugely overpopulated planets.
On the plus side, we won't be consuming tons of antibiotics and hormones used to factory farm today. Also, the time to meat should be shorter since rather than having to grow a cow, you only need to grow the muscle part.
I guess this is going to be the first implementation of the giant yeast vats so often portrayed in sci fi novels for feeding hugely overpopulated planets.