Tradition Tackles Progress At least twelve EU member states are trying to block the introduction of lab-grown meat. The pretense is that such a product “raises ethical, economic, social, and public health questions” but the underlying rationale is that “These practices represent a threat to primary farm-based approaches and genuine food production methods that are at the very heart of the European farming model.” A diplomat interviewed by Euractiv provided a perspective that needs to be deeply considered in Brussels: First, “Identifying lab-grown meat as a threat seems highly exaggerated and premature.” And two, this kind of position “hinders the kind of innovation that is precisely necessary for s...

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