Cultivated Pork Sausage - Smoked and Cured the Old Fashioned Way - The Better Butchers
Sep 20, 2023
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The podcast discusses the concept of creating a traditional butchers shop for selling cultivated meats made using old fashioned methods, without slaughtering animals. Topics include the development and regulation of cultivated pork sausage, the philosophical and ethical implications of removing guilt associated with slaughter, the challenges of meeting global meat demand through traditional methods, and companies in the cultivated meat industry.
The Better Butchers aims to create slaughter-free butcher shops that sell cultivated pork using traditional techniques like fermentation, drying, and smoking.
Funding, investment, and subsidies are crucial for the development of cultivated meat as it can address global meat demand and provide environmentally friendly alternatives.
Deep dives
The Concept of The Better Butchers and Cultivated Meat
The Better Butchers is a company based in Vancouver, Canada, that is developing their own cellular agriculture process to create cultivated pork, specifically for sausages, meatballs, salamis, pepperonis, and bacon. They aim to utilize traditional techniques like fermentation, drying, and smoking in cruelty-free and slaughter-free butcher shops. With their own research and development, they plan to expand into other meats like beef and chicken.
Overcoming Hurdles and Regulatory Challenges
The Better Butchers is still in the early stages of development and is not yet commercial. They are working with regulatory authorities in Canada, seeking the necessary approvals to launch their products. Funding and investment are crucial for the industry, as R&D in cultivated meat is costly. The company emphasizes the need for more subsidies and funding to make this alternative more accessible and economically feasible. They also believe that international collaboration and sharing of information among industry players is essential for progress.
The Future Impact of Cultivated Meat
Cultivated meat has the potential to address the increasing global demand for meat while addressing concerns related to environmental impact and animal welfare. The industry's purpose extends beyond business, with a vision of providing alternatives to traditional meat production that are safe, high-quality, and nutritious. By offering slaughter-free options, cultivated meat companies hope to reduce guilt associated with conventional animal agriculture and create a kinder and more conscious approach towards food consumption. While plant-based alternatives have made progress, the scalability and potential of cultivated meat make it a key solution for the future.
The Better Butchers talks to Future of Foods about their concept of creating the traditional butchers shop to sell their cultivated meats, which have been prepared using old fashioned methods - but of course no animal has been slaughtered in doing so.
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