A Pentagon-funded company is seeking proposals to feed America's
soldiers lab-grown meat in a bid to "reduce the CO2 footprint" at
Defense Department outposts.
BioMADE, a public-private company that has received
more than $500 million in funding from the Defense Department,
announced earlier this month that it is seeking proposals to develop
"innovations in food production that reduce the CO2 footprint of food
production at ... DoD operational environments," according to an online announcement.
These
include "novel cell culture methods suitable for the production of
cultivated meat/protein," or lab-grown meat, a product that is still in
its experimental phases. This type of meat is grown in a lab from animal
cells with the aid of other chemicals, and has emerged as a flashpoint
in debates about the efficacy and morality of manufacturing meat
products without slaughtering animals...<<<Read More>>>...