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Ron DeSantis bans 'global elite' lab-grown meat
(www.bbc.com)
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Florida has a big animal agriculture sector. I wouldn't be surprised if Texas and a few of the central midwestern states follow suit. There's a ton of money in the land and machinery used in mass producing ground beef, and if you can just lab grow it at a fraction of the price you're going to kick out the struts on a central revenue stream for 20th century factory farming.
So long as he can get a kickback from someone who profits from frowns.
Gotta love this "free market" where competition is made illegal.
Yeah, “global elite” my ass. He found the perfect opportunity to protect his funders and give a speech that caters to idiots.
Side note: as a non US person, hearing US officials talking about a “global elite” makes me chuckle. My friends, you were the global elite since WW2 ended and possibly still are
Huh. TIL. Totally didn’t expect that.
DeSantis should go and milk some alligators for a photo op
Those are some photos I’d like to see
Florida way down on the list for beef production, even further down on a per capita basis. Texas produces about twice as much as the next handful of states. Nebraska is a strong second for head of cattle, and 90% of the agriculture in Nebraska is tied directly to the beef industry, either in feed, slaughter, or raising.
Banning lab grown meat isn't on the radar here.
Desantis is just pandering. Pandering is what they do.
Unfortunately, you don't need to be high on the list of producers, just lobbyists. And I believe the state legislator who submitted the law was himself a cattle rancher.