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angel_of_hope
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posted April 25, 2008 03:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angel_of_hope     Edit/Delete Message
PETA Offers $1 Million Reward to First to Make In Vitro Meat
In Vitro Meat

Scientists around the world are researching or seeking the funds to research ways to produce meat in the laboratory—without killing any animals. In vitro meat production would use animal stem cells that would be placed in a medium to grow and reproduce. The result would mimic flesh and could be cooked and eaten. Some promising steps have been made toward this technology, but we're still several years away from having in vitro meat be available to the general public.

PETA is now stepping in and offering a $1 million reward to the first scientist to produce and bring to market in vitro meat.

Why is PETA supporting this new technology? More than 40 billion chickens, fish, pigs, and cows are killed every year for food in the United States in horrific ways. Chickens are drugged to grow so large they often become crippled, mother pigs are confined to metal cages so small they can't move, and fish are hacked apart while still conscious—all to feed America's meat addiction. In vitro meat would spare animals from this suffering. In addition, in vitro meat would dramatically reduce the devastating effects the meat industry has on the environment.

Of course, humans don't need to eat meat at all—vegetarians are less likely to get heart disease, diabetes, or various types of cancer or become obese than meat-eaters are—and a terrific array of vegetarian mock meats already exist. But as many people continue to refuse to kick their meat addictions, PETA is willing to help them gain access to flesh that doesn't cause suffering and death.

Contest Details
Faux Fried Chicken

PETA is offering a $1 million prize to the contest participant able to make the first in vitro chicken meat and sell it to the public by June 30, 2012. The contestant must do both of the following:

• Produce an in vitro chicken-meat product that has a taste and texture indistinguishable from real chicken flesh to non-meat-eaters and meat-eaters alike.
• Manufacture the approved product in large enough quantities to be sold commercially, and successfully sell it at a competitive price in at least 10 states.

Judging of taste and texture will be performed by a panel of 10 PETA judges, who will sample the in vitro chicken prepared using a fried "chicken" recipe from VegCooking.com. The in vitro chicken must get a score of at least 80 when evaluated in order to win the prize.

Click here to read the complete contest rules, or e-mail VegInfo@peta.org to enter.

In the meantime, check out VegCooking.com for delicious, healthy mock-meat recommendations and thousands of tasty, animal-friendly recipes

Source: http://www.peta.org/feat_in_vitro_contest.asp

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I caught this on a radio talk show this morning ... and thought What the Hell?!? ... wondering why PETA would do such a thing and if this was legit, when I got back to the office I went searching. Sure enough it's legit. I'm not sure how I feel. My first thought is NO FREAKIN WAY. It's "created" its "synthetic" .. "its fake"

Maybe I'm misunderstanding a lil bit as well ... how would In Vitro not cause suffering. It's still a life is it not ... I mean they can't just grow chicken breasts, or can they?

Just doesn't seem right. On the radio show they raised the question of "whether or not a Vegan would consider eating this Lab Created Meat?" While I'm not vegan I am intersted to hear some Vegan responses.

Ang-

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I'll be posting this at HH as well

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Nephthys
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posted April 26, 2008 04:26 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
What do I, as a vegetarian think of it? Discusting. To me, meat is meat is meat. Flesh is flesh is flesh. To me, eating flesh is no different from other flesh. So to me, eating a cow, pig, chicken, duck, cat, dog, rat, snake, horse, human, there is no difference. I have no desire to chew on muscles innervated with nerves, arteries, capillaries, red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, heme, etc. from a living creature, whether or not it was generated in a lab! No thank you!

Well, you did ask!

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Nephthys
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posted April 26, 2008 04:27 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
And for those who are going to question.......muscle? YES all flesh is muscle!

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angel_of_hope
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posted April 29, 2008 01:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angel_of_hope     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks Nephthys - Your right, I did ask!! I really wanted to know. I myself, thought the vegan response would be just as you have said. To me, it's the same.

I'm really surprised this didn't generate more of a response here.

May I ask ... answer only if you like. Do you eat fish? If your response is yes, what's the difference? I mean, why fish but no other meat? (I've been wondering this for sometime now - usually "suffering" is brought into the picture as a reason for not eating other meat ... but fish suffer too when you slit their throat to bleed em out.)This is not directed at you, vegetarianism in general - just need a vegan mind to know the answer

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deuxantares
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posted April 30, 2008 01:07 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for deuxantares     Edit/Delete Message
i think in vitro meat is ewwwwww.

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Nephthys
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posted May 01, 2008 12:25 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
Hi Angie,

In response to your question, NO I don't eat fish. I don't eat any flesh or anyone who has been killed.

I do eat eggs, (free range organic, vegetarian fed) and I do eat cheese (organic, latose free) and I do eat yoghurt (plain, organic, no sugar).

I don't drink milk. I used almond milk.

How is your blue-light ATV? Must be cool on the snow/ice at night!

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Nephthys
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posted May 01, 2008 12:26 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Nephthys     Edit/Delete Message
Yeah, I am too, surprised there was not more response here. Did you get much response when you posted it at H&H? I thought you mentioned that you posted it there too.

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angel_of_hope
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posted May 01, 2008 12:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for angel_of_hope     Edit/Delete Message
Thanks for the response Jovette!!

I've wondered for sometime now, why vegan's eat fish. Looks like I'll be wonderin a lil longer ... lol.

Can I ask if you eat yogurt/cheese why not milk?

I recently started eating organic and/or lactose free dairy products. It's been really nice to eat ice cream again without feeling all bloated/gassy and crampy. I'm a cheese freak ... could eat it alllllllll day long. Mmmm, give me some wine and some crackers and I'd be in heaven.


LOL - What snow/ice? We got snow last weekend which was gone by Monday afternoon. I ran it around the driveway to get a feel for how she looks at night. Looks spiffy. :P Keeping my fingers crossed for good weather. We've been wanting to ride out to the Knik Glacier ... but the weather hasn't been the greatest here lately. I did get a comment from someone who watched it, wanting to know more, said they are doing it to their machine now. lol.

Responses ... nope. Right here was the only place people commented.

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