PETA offer $1 million for in vitro meat

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People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) have announced a $1 million prize to the scientist who successfully produces meat in laboratory conditions.

In vitro meat production would use animal stem cells that would be placed in a medium to grow and reproduce. The result would mimic flesh and could be cooked and eaten.

This from PETA

Why is PETA supporting this new technology? More than 40 billion chickens, fish, pigs, and cows are killed every year for food in the United States in horrific ways. Chickens are drugged to grow so large they often become crippled, mother pigs are confined to metal cages so small they can’t move, and fish are hacked apart while still conscious—all to feed America’s meat addiction. In vitro meat would spare animals from this suffering. In addition, in vitro meat would dramatically reduce the devastating effects the meat industry has on the environment.

For all you scientists out there – Contest Details
PETA is offering a $1 million prize to the contest participant able to make the first in vitro chicken meat and sell it to the public by June 30, 2012. The contestant must do both of the following:

  • Produce an in vitro chicken-meat product that has a taste and texture indistinguishable from real chicken flesh to non-meat-eaters and meat-eaters alike.
  • Manufacture the approved product in large enough quantities to be sold commercially, and successfully sell it at a competitive price in at least 10 states.

 

That sounds doable. Good luck to all you scientists out there.
 

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Robert E. Lee
12 years ago

I am a vegetarian and glad of it. I stopped eating meat about ten years ago and never looked back.

Michael John Scott
12 years ago

PETA can be a little nutty from time to time, rather like the Hard Left, but this is a worthy cause. I have often thought of becoming a vegetarian, each time I buy meat actually. I wish them luck.

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