{"id":50910,"date":"2023-06-24T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T12:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50910"},"modified":"2023-06-24T08:58:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T12:58:56","slug":"while-we-were-watching-other-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=50910","title":{"rendered":"While We Were Watching Other Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktvz.com\/news\/2023\/06\/21\/lab-grown-meat-is-cleared-for-sale-in-the-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTVZ<\/a> in Bend, Oregon,\u00a0 reported the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cultivated meat, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/19\/business-food\/lab-grown-meat-ivy-farm-climate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lab-grown meat<\/a>, has been cleared for sale in the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Upside Foods and Good Meat, two companies that make what they call \u201ccultivated chicken,\u201d said Wednesday that they have gotten approval from the US Department of Agriculture to start producing their cell-based proteins.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Good Meat, which is owned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/02\/09\/business\/egg-prices-alternatives\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plant-based egg substitute<\/a> maker Eat Just, said that production is starting immediately. Cultivated or lab-grown meat is grown in a giant vat, much like what you\u2019d find at a beer brewery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Wednesday\u2019s move follows a series of previous approvals which have paved the way for sales of cultivated meat in the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Last week, Good Meat and Upside said they had received approval for labels for its product from the USDA. In March, Good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/21\/business\/lab-grown-meat-fda\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said it had received a so-called \u201cno questions\u201d letter <\/a>from the Food and Drug Administration. That letter states that the administration is satisfied that the product is safe to sell in the United States. The FDA issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/11\/17\/health\/fda-lab-meat-cells-scn-wellness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar letter Upside Foods in November<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The nascent cultivated meat sector is being overseen by both the USDA and the FDA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Good Meat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/02\/business\/lab-grown-chicken-intl-scli-scn\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which has been selling its products in Singapore<\/a>, advertises its product as \u201cmeat without slaughter,\u201d a more humane approach to eating meat. Supporters hope that cultured meat will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/09\/21\/world\/cows-methane-asparagopsis-c2e-scn-spc-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help fight climate change<\/a> by reducing the need for traditional animal agriculture, which emits greenhouse gases.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the latest move by the climate extremists to separate Americans from their hamburgers and steaks. I suspect that we will reach a point where farming and raising cattle are looked upon as undesirable activities, and those professions will gradually be phased out to be replaced by fake food. I really think this is a bad idea.<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Upside founder and CEO Uma Valeti on Wednesday called the approval \u201ca giant step forward towards a more sustainable future,\u201d adding that it will \u201cfundamentally change how meat makes it to our table.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Upside is planning to introduce its product at Bar Crenn, a San Francisco restaurant, but did not share a launch date yet. Selling at Bar Crenn should help Upside learn more about how chefs and diners feel about the product, a representative said. Eventually, the company plans to work with other restaurants and make its products available in supermarkets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>For now, Upside is holding a contest to allow curious customers to be among the first to try the product in the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t mess with my steak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, KTVZ in Bend, Oregon,\u00a0 reported the following: Cultivated meat, also known as lab-grown meat, has been cleared for sale in the United States. 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