http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/2009/11/30/loden-dager-stella-morrissey-and-lab-meat/ fashion, food & etiquette for the ethically handsome man Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/2009/11/30/loden-dager-stella-morrissey-and-lab-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-6742 The Discerning Brute » Blog Archive » Loden Dager & BBlessing: Sustainable Offerings Sale Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:56:53 +0000 http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/?p=2793#comment-6742 [...] say so on GILT, the Turquoise suit and Blue Stripe Blazer is in organic cotton, according to my contact at Loden Dager. Sustainably [...] [...] say so on GILT, the Turquoise suit and Blue Stripe Blazer is in organic cotton, according to my contact at Loden Dager. Sustainably [...]

]]> http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/2009/11/30/loden-dager-stella-morrissey-and-lab-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 John Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:34:37 +0000 http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/?p=2793#comment-1682 "This creates a grim picture of enormous meat factories kitted out like gyms where uncounted thousands of muscles silently work, unencumbered by bodies." Clearly the author has never seen the inside of a factory farm or slaughterhouse. Those are grimmer images by far. I have mixed feelings about this. Someone in my social circle is a microbiologist. He said this particular technology is essentially cloning and requires stem cells harvested -- initially, at least -- from animal fetuses. The stem cells themselves could be cloned after that, but he likened the process to making photocopies of photocopies -- eventually the image starts to break down and a new original must be created. So even if we eliminate killing animals for meat, we'll probably end up replacing factory farms and slaughterhouses with artificial insemination/abortion facilities and fetal processing plants. The cloned meat's lack of an immune system is irrelevent as long as it's grown in sterile conditions. (Compare that to our current meat supply *having* immune sytems yet being ripe with disease.) I don't know that I would ever eat cloned meat because I'm enjoying my transition to a raw foods diet. Economics will determine how well the product is received by the general populace. If cloned mean is cheaper than animal flesh, you'll see it everywhere. “This creates a grim picture of enormous meat factories kitted out like gyms where uncounted thousands of muscles silently work, unencumbered by bodies.” Clearly the author has never seen the inside of a factory farm or slaughterhouse. Those are grimmer images by far. I have mixed feelings about this. Someone in my social circle is a microbiologist. He said this particular technology is essentially cloning and requires stem cells harvested — initially, at least — from animal fetuses. The stem cells themselves could be cloned after that, but he likened the process to making photocopies of photocopies — eventually the image starts to break down and a new original must be created. So even if we eliminate killing animals for meat, we’ll probably end up replacing factory farms and slaughterhouses with artificial insemination/abortion facilities and fetal processing plants. The cloned meat’s lack of an immune system is irrelevent as long as it’s grown in sterile conditions. (Compare that to our current meat supply *having* immune sytems yet being ripe with disease.) I don’t know that I would ever eat cloned meat because I’m enjoying my transition to a raw foods diet. Economics will determine how well the product is received by the general populace. If cloned mean is cheaper than animal flesh, you’ll see it everywhere.

]]> http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/2009/11/30/loden-dager-stella-morrissey-and-lab-meat/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Paul Capestany Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:32:55 +0000 http://www.thediscerningbrute.com/?p=2793#comment-1648 Besides Novacas, and the exorbitantly priced Noharm, are there any really good lines of vegan men's shoes? Whatever happened to OlsenHaus' supposed line of men's shoes coming out?? Besides Novacas, and the exorbitantly priced Noharm, are there any really good lines of vegan men’s shoes? Whatever happened to OlsenHaus’ supposed line of men’s shoes coming out??

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