“This ban is a massive win for Texas ranchers, producers, and consumers,” Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said in a statement following the bill’s passage. “Texans have a God-given right to know what’s on their plate, and for millions of Texans, it better come from a pasture, not a lab. It’s plain cowboy logic that we must safeguard our real, authentic meat industry from synthetic alternatives.”
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Texas joins Indiana, Mississippi, Montana and Nebraska in enacting new laws this year; Alabama and Florida did so last year. In March, the Oklahoma House approved a similar bill that did not advance out of the Senate this session.
Pretty sure beans are 1000% a bigger threat to ranchers.
I mean, I am all in for labeling, but banning it? Is that what’s happening? why would anyone do that
Protectionism for meat companies is why.
If the meat companies had any sense, they’d be pushing for and funding it. That much moneyh and not owning the competition is just flat out stupid.
Exactly, they would profit more from planting whatever crop is needed to supply raw materials to the lab-grown facility, than the efficiency loss of raising cattle for protien
That’s the thing. It’s too late for them to get in on the real ground floor. The tech is already basically here with increasingly well established companies. Now the cheapest best optionfor the old meat companies to stay competitive is to try to block the new competition. Of course that method won’t hold up long term but we all know shareholders only care about next quarter.
Freedom.
Regulatory capture in action
Call it something else, rebrand it. We could say that if it didnt come from an animal, its not meat, its just a protein cake or a red pudding, or something. Could it avoid the ban this way?
They didnt ban any vegan protein source, they banned the exact one that tries to make you feel like youre eating beef. The name “Lab-grown meat” tells those ranchers that it wants to replace them, its unnecessarily aggressive, which innevitably creates a reaction.
It’s like changing “lab-grown butter” to margarine. Lol, can’t stop people from whipping oil.
Free market my fucking ass
You are free to bribe a politician and influence the market all you want /s
Freedom to fuck over certain groups of people who threaten their power. So brave.
Feels kinda unconstitutional to me. They could say you can’t sell it for consumption, but not sell it at all seems like an overstep.
Why won’t anyone let the market decide?!? 😭
It’s about control, they don’t want us deciding anything.
The SmAlL gOvErNmEnT GOP, playing favorites and legislating in favor of one of the unhealthiest, ecologically devastating industries on the planet… But their voters will keep voting for the corruption!
More freedumb.
Republicans are not fit to govern.
The only place conservatives fit is in a box six feet under ground.
Easiest solution? Spread those ticks that give meat sensitivity around
Where? Barely two blades of grass still standing in this state that haven’t been paved over.
Lab grown meat is a dead meme imo but acting like Texan beef comes from grass fed cows in pastures and not from hellish factory farms where they get fed corn until their liver dies sure sounds stupid
Its a zero win. I would have eaten this because I’m vegan. Meat eaters would prefer normal meats. Now I go back to just beans. Fuck rather I won’t even say what I eat. That way the retards leading this stupid Rednoseance won’t ban whatever I plan to eat next. Heck you know what? I’m totally going to eat beef. The most expensive kind of beef and chicken. Yeah! Totally. I’m a vegan and I will go eat the most popular meats out there!
Texans have a God-given right to know what’s on their plate
This sounds a lot like anti-vaxxing, where people want to “know” what’s in their vaccine. Like it’s a conspiracy.
If only Texans could read (labels) they would know instantly. The end of the quote is the real focus: they want to protect the ranching industry by killing competition from plant based products.
I bet the lab folks could tell you what’s in their product much better than ranchers and meat processing factories ever could. A lot of science goes into it though and some people seem to be allergic to that, at least based on the sorts of claims they make.
A scientist telling you the name of every compound of some food doesnt make you actually know whats in it. Theres a big difference between knowing the name and knowing the thing and how it affects your body.
Well if it really mimics the real thing it will probably be a type 1 carcinogen too.
Yes, that’s basically the idea, I guess.
Like with vaccines.
It doesn’t fit in a Tweet though.
We need to be funding this stuff.
Move all meat subsidies into lab-grown meat to save animals and still have meat. Easy.
Everybody trying to act like it’s bad is lying and likes animals getting hurt.
It’s just plain cowboy logic!
