Abstract
Cultured meat, or in vitro meat, is one of the ideas that are being proposed to help solve the problems associated with the ever-growing global meat consumption. The prospect may bring benefit for the environment, climate, and animal ethics, but has also generated doubts and criticism. A discussion of the possible environmental benefit and of animal ethics issues in relation to cultured meat production will be given. A perceived 'unnaturalness' of cultured meat may be one of the strongest barriers for public acceptance. This will be discussed and rejected. As to our relations with nature and animals, it is plausible that cultured meat will lead to improvement rather than to deterioration. The issue of public acceptance and some of the problems of introducing this new product on the market will also be discussed.
Highlights
IntroductionAll meat was obtained from hunting wild animals
Once upon a time, all meat was obtained from hunting wild animals
All meat was obtained from hunting wild animals. This was the first stage in meat production (Welin et al 2012)
Summary
All meat was obtained from hunting wild animals. This was the first stage in meat production (Welin et al 2012). It is still predominant in fisheries, where the fish still is ’hunted’ by big fleets of fishing ships. There are not too many wild big animals left for hunting, nor are the stocks of fish what they used to be. The second stage in meat production was herding and slaughtering of domesticated animals. I will discuss the new technology of cultured meat. 24–37 with present day meat production in relation to environment and ethics I turn to the possible advantages of cultured meat in these aspects. I discuss some counterargument but there are most probably more
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