Summary: Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "Snack of the Clones: Test Tube Meat" A revolutionary, new beef burger will soon be unveiled in London -- and then eaten. What is different about this burger is that it was grown in a laboratory at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. The new $325,000 "test tube burger" is the result of years of research led by Dr. Mark Post at the university in the Netherlands, who hopes to show the world that so-called "in-vitro meat" could become a viable food source. In a laboratory Dr. Mark Post believes he's come up with the answer. He's created what's thought to be the world's first test tube burger : five ounces of pink "material" grown in an incubator from cells taken from a cow's neck. It's exactly the same as meat coming from the same cells, they have produced the same proteins. It tastes like meat. The only difference is that it's not grown within the animal, but outside. The technology could hugely reduce the amount of land, energy and water required by traditional livestock farming. The beef industry has been criticized for damaging delicate ecosystems and the earth’s atmosphere. Between the methane that flatulent cows produce and the fuel used to cart the cows and their meat products around, there’s plenty of gas released into the air just to deliver a hamburger to your table. Animal welfare protesters might also have less to shout about since there would be fewer living animals being reared for slaughter. One day soon there may not be enough beef to feed a growing mass of humans. This burger is simply the first step towards a solution for a possible food-shortage crisis. With some monetary help from the Dutch government and tens of thousands of bovine stem cells, Post’s in-vitro burger is nearly ready to be cooked and served at an event in London next month. Post plans to garnish the burger with only salt and pepper to allow taste testers the chance to get a sense of the meat’s flavor. How do you prefer yours, well done, medium or rare? Just think about it... Interesting to you? Find out more by listening to this episode! News Link: Snack of the Clones: Test Tube Meat News Clip Link: Grown Meat Support Mind Set Central Suscribe or donate
