How cultured meat will revolutionize our diet
Humans have been eating meat for thousands of years. But the increasing world population and the growing demand for animal products are having an increasingly unsustainable impact on the planet, our health and animals. However, meat products may not be doomed to disappear. From animal cells or even a few molecules, we can now produce "real meat" without having to send animals to the slaughterhouse. In fact, a single cell from a single cow could feed an entire country...
"Thanks to the miracles of biotechnology, we can build our heaven as well as our hell. It's up to us to choose the right path."
Yuval Noah Harari
"A surprising and more than welcome alternative that allows us to stop once and for all living off the suffering and death of other sentient beings."
Matthieu Ricard, Buddhist monk and doctor in cellular genetics
"Meat production and consumption urgently need to be reconciled with health and environmental imperatives. We live in a world of scarce resources. Paul Shapiro makes an important contribution to this debate. Less, but better: that is the course to set."
Olivier de Schutter, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (2008-2014)
"A meatless future may be too optimistic a vision. But a future without animal slaughter is no longer a utopia. This fascinating book should convince you of that."
Michel Vandenbosch, president of GAIA
Date of appearance: 12/03/2019
