Chesley Bonestell, “The Exploration of Mars” (1953), oil on board, 143/8 x 28 inches, gift of William Estler, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Reproduced courtesy of Bonestell LLC.

Recipe for Lab-Grown Meat

October 14, 2015

 

10/13/15 – At a recent conference in the middle of beef country, the head of a nonprofit group focused on the future of biotechnology in food production described what she called the “post-animal bioeconomy,” with laboratory-grown meat on the menu. In Issues, two Arizona specialists in sustainable engineering have earlier suggested that it is time to “start thinking about how factory-grown meat might transform our food system, the environment, and even our culture.” Check here to see just how meat is grown in the lab.