I agree that governments should fund innovation in food production as long as it is for sustainable #AlternativeProtein, but these funds should go to startups and researchers and into protecting patents and new technologies from being monopolised by corporations.

Corporations have enough money of their own to invest and innovate to enter these markets, and they should, it's a great new business opportunity. Also, they could support #CultivatedFood approval/acceptance with their lobbying power.

This article is a fantastic summary of the type of #CultivatedFood #innovation needed.❤️

It also depicts a worrying political environment where the public will have to speak up and demand the legal and financial support for #AlternativeProtein.

The #LivestockFarming lobbyists and their lapdog politicians will never stop. They were living on their taxpayer funded subsidies for so long that the sheer thought of something new and better freaks them out.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/21/livestock-lobby-lab-grown-meat-new-proteins

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In case somebody is interested in something more highbrow, scientific and detailed, you can download the document prepared for the #EuropeanParliament titled #AlternativeProtein sources for food and feed (only 90 pages long 😉).

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document/EPRS_STU(2024)757806

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#ClimateAction #CultivatedFood #CellularAgriculture #MicrobialProtein #MicrobialFermentation #FoodTech #AgriFoodTech #ClimatePolicy