Let's talk about this article & #fetalbovineserum. @amlamey says (parenthetically) regarding in vitro meat "Dr. Post’s first burger was grown using fetal bovine serum, a slaughterhouse byproduct; his team & others have sought out animal-free replacements." nytimes.com/2020/07/02/opi…
What in this context does "have sought out" mean? They have sought out and FOUND animal-free replacements? Or they ARE STILL SEEKING animal-free replacements. Because the difference is meaning is the difference between #meat "without murder" and meat with murder.
Many people don't realize that #pregnant #cows are killed. Killed in #slaughterhouses, killed to be in hamburgers, killed to become "meat." #FetalBovineSerum is taken from the calf the pregnant cow is carrying. Sometimes that calf is alive after the mother cow's death.
So, the calf fetus provides an important source for what is positioned as "clean meat." And @amlamey does not tell us whether this has stopped or not. That seems strange to me. I am surprised @nytopinion didn't press for more info on this.
I said in The Sexual Politics of Meat (now in its 30th years, yikes), that it is racist to assume protein needs to come from animals. A white male supremacist Western culture fetishized protein from dead animals.
We have always had "meat" options that don't require murder: #tofu, #seitan, #tempeh, #falafels. See for instance my discussion in #Burger bloomsbury.com/uk/burger-9781…
To learn about the problems with cellular meat check out cleanmeat-hoax.com
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