Cultivated Meat
This type of meat is grown from animal cells in a laboratory without slaughtering animals
What is cultivated meat?
The far-right Prime Minister of Italy who proposed the ban on cultivated meat.
Who is Giorgia Meloni?
Beef produces 10 times more of these than chicken or pork.
What are emissions?
A ban on cultivated meat limits this for consumers seeking ethical or sustainable options.
What is consumer choice?
Beyond Meat and Impossible are examples of this other category of alternative meat.
What are plant-based meats?
Cultivated meat is produced using this biological process in a bioreactor
What is cell culture technology?
Italy's government is skeptical of this process, framing it as a threat rather than a climate solution.
What is innovation?
Animal agriculture is responsible for this percentage of all global carbon emissions.
What is 14%?
A ban on cultivated meat blocks scientific progress and the growth of these in the food-tech sector.
What are jobs (or job growth)?
Both the U.S. FDA and this European agency have deemed cultivated meat safe.
What is the EU Food Safety Authority?
Companies like Good Meat and Upside Foods have had cultivated meat approved by this U.S. agency
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)?
This 1.7 million-member Italian farmers' association strongly supports the ban.
What is Coldiretti?
This practice, the clearing of land for grazing & animal feed crops, leads to habitat loss.
What is deforestation?
Banning cultivated meat is said to reduce future options for this, especially in climate-stressed regions.
What is food security?
This California startup, along with Upside Foods, successfully passed the FDA's pre-market safety review.
What is GOOD Meat?
According to the article, Singapore has been using cultivated meat from this company since 2020
What is Good Meat?
The Italian Agriculture Minister who introduced the bill, suggesting "synthetic" foods threaten Italian culture.
Who is Francesco Lollobrigida?
This potent greenhouse gas from cows is a major climate offender.
What is methane?
The proposed fine for violating Italy's ban can be as high as this amount in U.S. dollars.
What is $65,000?
Even if Italy's ban passes, this organization's trade laws mean it couldn't block imports from other member countries.
What is the European Union (EU)?
Cultivated meat can emit this percentage less carbon emissions compared to conventional beef production
What is 92%?
The "incorrect" & "blasphemous" term politicians use to create fear, according to one Italian CEO.
What is "synthetic"?
These three items are the primary causes of water pollution from traditional meat production.
What are manure, antibiotics, and fertilizers?
The TIME article argues this is a far greater and more immediate threat to Italy's food system than cultivated meat.
What is climate change (or drought)?
Italy's government frames the debate as a threat to this, rather than as a climate solution.
What is traditional food culture?