To the editor:
Any of our political leaders who are concerned about climate change — which ought to be all of them — should support increased public funding for cultivated meat research.
For readers who may be unaware, this new protein is grown from animal cells without the need for slaughter. Scientists believe that once the technology is fully developed, cultivated meat will require only a fraction of the greenhouse gas emissions that conventional meat production creates.
Animal agriculture is one of the leading contributors to climate change — an inconvenient truth that serious environmentalists must confront. Cellular agriculture offers a scalable solution to this problem.
Environmentally conscious politicians at both the state and federal levels should allocate more government funding to support cultivated meat development. Let’s establish cellular agriculture research centers at universities across the country.
Jon Hochschartner
Granby, CT
