As if there wasn’t already too much pork in the world, scientists (in the Netherlands, of all places) are culturing artificial meat in a laboratory. The original cells were extracted from muscles of a live pig!
According to Mark Post, professor of physiology at Eindhoven University, who is leading the government-funded research, the United Nations expects global meat and dairy consumption to double in 40 years and livestock get the blame for producing too many greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. The Dutch government has committed the equivalent of nearly C$3.5 million into this project, which is designed to feed a growing world population.