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Cor van der Weele1, Johannes Tramper2
1Communication, Philosophy and Technology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 8130, 6700 EW Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Rising global demand for meat will result in increased environmental pollution, energy consumption, and animal suffering. Cultured meat, produced in an animal-cell cultivation process, is a technically feasible alternative lacking these disadvantages, provided that an animal-component-free growth medium can be developed. Small-scale production looks particularly promising, not only technologically but also for societal acceptance. Economic feasibility, however, emerges as the real obstacle.
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