Would you eat it. Some would say it would be a moral duty to eat it.
The future of food may be the stuff of dreams for those vegans and vegetarians secretly pining for a bacon cheeseburger washed down with a creamy milkshake.
Science is poised to alleviate the guilt associated with such feasts by changing how meat, milk and other animal products arrive on dinner plates, with some companies aiming to almost eliminate the need for hens, cows and other animals in the food-supply chain.
Hen-less egg whites, cow-less milk and practically pig-less meat are projected to appear in grocery stores as early as five years from now in an effort to reduce factory farming via cultured food.
“Animal culture right now is extremely detrimental to animals, human health and the environment,” said Isha Datar, CEO of New Harvest, a non-profit U.S. research organization that’s funding this type of innovation.
