To The Editor
By Jon Hochshartner
Senators Rick Scott and Marco Rubio should support federal funding for cultured-meat research. For readers who aren’t aware, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughter. It’s better for the environment, public health and animal welfare.
This revolutionary protein will require a fraction of the land, fresh water and greenhouse-gas emissions that raising livestock does. Since animals are removed from the process, the risk of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 making the jump to humans is significantly reduced. Last but not least, the horrors of factory farming can be relegated to the history books.
It might sound farfetched, but Singapore has already granted regulatory approval to cultured meat. An Israeli company has reduced its production cost to $7.50 for a quarter pound of cultivated chicken. Our government should help further develop this groundbreaking protein
