{"id":20301,"date":"2024-05-08T09:50:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T09:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=20301"},"modified":"2024-05-08T09:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T09:50:09","slug":"florida-bans-lab-grown-meat-to-save-our-beef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/05\/08\/florida-bans-lab-grown-meat-to-save-our-beef\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida bans lab-grown meat to \u201csave our beef\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nearly a year after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the sale of lab-grown meat<\/u><\/a> in the U.S. in June 2023, Florida has banned it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Governor Ron DeSantis on May 1, 2024 signed SB 1084, a bill that bars the cultivation of lab-grown meat. He ratified the bill in what he referred to as a bid to \u201csave our beef<\/u><\/a>\u201d or natural beef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When enforcing the ban, DeSantis cited a need to protect agricultural integrity and ranchers who raise their cattle in the fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This at a time when lab-grown meat commerce in the Sunshine State was booming alongside the state\u2019s huge cattle industry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Home to 862,000 Cattle<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Florida produced 862,000 beef cattle in the 2023-24 season or 1\/9th<\/sup> of the total output in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data by USA Today on May 6, 2024 shows that Florida\u2019s cattle industry is so huge that ranches cover 50% of arable land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sales of beef and breeding herds bring a revenue of $900 million <\/u><\/a>each year to the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Lab-grown Costlier, too?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Advocates of lab-grown meat front its eco-friendly nature because it grows from replicated tissue. However, they neglect to mention its potentially high price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2021 research before the lab-grown meat industry mushroomed showed that a pound of lab-grown beef would start at $17. This was because of the high production costs involved, including research work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In comparison, producing natural beef through cattle expends just $5 per pound. In real terms, this production cost is half the highest average beef price in the U.S of <\/u>$10.36<\/u><\/a> per pound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is Cattle Farming Detrimental to the Environment?<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis took a broadside at leaders who paint beef agriculture as a net greenhouse emitter and yet they fly fuel-guzzling private jets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, cattle rearing including feed production generates at least 5% of worldwide greenhouse emissions. The beef farming niche apparently causes between\u00a05 and 14%<\/u><\/a>\u00a0of the total greenhouse emissions in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this reason, 60 global companies have emerged to produce what they call alternative low-emission lab meat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whichever side is right, Florida is now beyond the debate and is investing $2.8 billion<\/u><\/a> in sustainable agriculture, sidestepping lab-grown meat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly a year after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the sale of lab-grown meat in the U.S. in June 2023, Florida has banned it. Governor Ron DeSantis on May 1, 2024 signed SB 1084, a bill that bars the cultivation of lab-grown meat. 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