Meat Alternatives - meat” made from plant protein — or from muscle tissue grown not on farms but in big industrial tanks
livestock industry - Nebraskans know where their meat comes from: the farms, ranches, feedlots and packing plants that make the state the nation’s top beef producer and a growing supplier of pork and poultry.
Dairy milk sales are falling as shoppers pick up soy, almond, pea protein and other “milk” in mainstream supermarkets.
lab-grown and plant-based “meat”
alternative meats in 2018
“Technology will begin to disrupt the traditional food chain in 2018 as enterprising manufacturers aim to replace farms and factories with laboratories,
market research company Mintel said in its recent annual food and drink trends report.
Food scientists process plant proteins to imitate real meat
is a product sometimes called lab-grown meat or “clean meat.” It starts with real livestock cells and grows in a factory in a tank some call a fermenter or a bioreactor, where cells are fed nutrients and proliferate.
Tyson and Cargill investment
livestock production is hard on the environment and unsustainable as the world’s population grows.
Impossible Foods.
Beyond Meat’s
Hampton Creek and Memphis Meats
beef industry damages the environment with greenhouse gases produced by the livestock and in transportation, and hurts water quality with runoff from farms growing grain for livestock feed.
Sarah Place, an animal biologist who leads research in sustainable beef production for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
Sonya Roberts, president of growth ventures for Cargill Protein. “Cultured protein products will provide greater choice and help meet the needs of those consumers who seek options.”