MSP73 [] The Case for Clean Meat

Is it time to start feeding our meat addiction with a new approach? It ends up in a pan. Why not grow it in one?

Advances in biotechnology, sustainable planet initiatives and changing consumer demand are putting us on the cusp of a cultured meat and plant-sourced burger revolution. This is the case for clean, green, meat.

Show Links:

•https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/03/clean-meat-lab-grown-china-india
•https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47724267
•https://www.theverge.com/2013/8/5/4589744/cultured-beef-burger-public-tasting-mark-post-sergey-brin
•https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ginkgo-bioworks-launches-motif-ingredients-with-90-million-series-a-financing-300802134.html
•https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2019.00011/full
•https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/29/can-the-world-quench-chinas-bottomless-thirst-for-milk



Episode Transcript

These shows are dictated to and transcribed by machines, and hurriedly edited by a human. Apologies for the typos and grammar flaws.

Meat. A word that delights some and disgusts others. I probably only have to say the words ‘juicy burger’ for half of you to hit pause on this show and switch to your favourite food delivery app.

Assuming you’re back and the food is steaming, have you ever considered how dirty that meat in your hand is? Matt has. But I’ve still no idea what he’s talking about.

You’re not supposed to marinade your steaks in the street, you know.
•That’s where all the flavour is! Or at least that’s what I keep being told about authentic street food.
•Anyway, as they say: if it’s good enough for the flies…
•Ok. This would be a very strange show if it was all about food hygiene.
•Although, of course, that is an issue.
•Things like chlorine washing to disinfect meat, not just because it has fallen on the floor, but because the meat itself is contaminated. .
•That’s become something of a Brexit issue in the UK because it’s outlawed under EU rules but would likely be central to any trade deal with the US.
•But we’re really talking about the bigger picture of meat and other animal products.

We’re talking about technology and diet in a broader sense?
•This is not an entirely novel subject for MSP.
•Meat is a subject we have talked about quite frequently on the show over the years.
•Especially when it comes to the things we are now classing as clean Meats.

Maybe you should tell us a bit more about clean meat in general?
•You’re asking me to pander to people who don’t hang on my every word?
•I’m not really enjoying this post Jeff world I’m finding myself in.
•I’m hoping his attitude readjustment is almost complete.
•You’re just far too high maintenance.

Clean Meat…
•We’ve covered Laboratory-grown meat on the show a number of times.
•In general, when I bring it up, it’s met with the chorus of revulsion.
•In fact, I get more tweet feedback when we do a food show then anything else.

And you can find Matt on twitter @kulturpopup
•You’re just mean.
•When we’ve talked about lab