Wednesday, November 16, 2011

choice reading 7



The article centers around the debate for growing or not growing artificial meat. Beef is a stable resource that we depend on in this country as well as other developed countries. One pound of beef, however, takes about 7 pounds of plant material to make. There simply isn't enough room, according to the author, to be able to feed 7 billion people a healthy diet of meat. Artificial meat is on the rise in debate and in practice. The growing of this meat takes much work with stem cells, brilliant scientists, and a truckload of money. Therefore the question is “should we continue to search for an alternative to home grown livestock, and is it even necessary?” I would agree with the author that it is necessary but is it likely to be completed in the near future, no. I can use articles like this in my classroom to encourage critical thinking. If we can debate over the necessity of artificial meat culturing labs, then we can certainly get some critical thinking done about my standard curriculum.

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