Do you remember it was just last week and food would be scarce by 2050? This week I saw a story on PBS about cultured meat. This is synthetic meat that is produced by in vitro cultivation of animal cells instead of from slaughtered animals.
I turned to Wikipedia and found out that the formal name for this is cellular agriculture. And there is a lot happening right now in this area. New Harvest is the world's first non-profit organization dedicated to supporting in vitro meat research. Jason Matheny authorized a seminal paper in the early 2000s and progress has been made ever since. Dr. Mark Post produced the first cultured beef burger patty that was eaten at a demonstration for the press in London in 2013.
How much did it cost the burger to be made in 2013 and how long did it take to produce it? $300,000 and 2 years.
Now skip forward to February 2017. How much did it cost to make? $11.36.
Are you curious about what the experience was to eat it? I certainly am. Here is critic Hanni Rutzler's experience in 2013:
"There is really a bite to it, there is quite some flavour with the browning. I know there is no fat in it so I didn't really know how juicy it would be, but there is quite some intense taste; it's close to meat, it's not that juicy, but the consistency is perfect. This is meat to me... It's really something to bite on and I think the look is quite similar."
Both fat and muscle cells are now produced, giving a closer result, and the prediction is that 'test tube burgers' could be on sale by the end of this year - 2018. That would be in time for Christmas dinner, or perhaps celebrating 2019 with a 'clean meat' start on New Year's Day.
Here's the conclusion of a recent article at Fast Company HERE.
“That’s not to say that there are not going to be specialty restaurants producing meat traditionally–more expensive restaurants–but I think the burgers that we’re going to put on the grill, and the chicken nuggets that we’re going to eat at McDonald’s, and the barbecued chicken that we’re going to eat in Chipotle is mainly going to be cultured meat decades from now,” he says.
Our picture today shows the Third Street Overholt orchard. It has been demolished. The same has occurred along a section of Victoria Ave in Vineland at the Cherry Lane orchard. They are planting new trees. The Cherry Lane orchard across from the United Mennonite Home on Twenty-Third Street has also been demolished. It is sorry to see the ancient, gnarled trunks disappear, though. They do make great pictures in the spring with their wonderful blossoms.
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