To the editor:
I think most people know, on some level, that the way we treat animals, particularly those we eat, is wrong. What they may not be aware of is an emerging technology that will make aligning our values and actions much easier. I’m talking about cultivated meat, which is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter.
Though the new protein has earned regulatory approval in the United States, it remains too expensive to mass produce. Compassionate politicians can help change this by supporting increased public funding for cultivated-meat research. Of course, there are environmental and public-health benefits to the protein as well.
Jon Hochschartner
