The community in which I grew up and now work in is largely comprised of grain farmers and cattlemen. At least 90% of these farms have been in the hands of family and passed on for generations, but now the entire ability to own and operate a family cattle farm is in the green crosshairs of climate activists.

Dutch journalist Elze van Hamele, who has investigated and criticized lab-grown meats, stated that in order to grow it in a lab, cell lines are taken from a living organism, whereupon they’re manipulated to grow quickly.

“What are cells that grow quickly?” she asks. “Either cancers or fetuses. They have cells that proliferate very quickly.”

In 2021, the European Union’s Natura 2000 network released a map of areas in the Netherlands that are protected against nitrogen emissions, effectively closing hundreds of family meat and dairy farms.

Dr. Joseph Mercola, author and physician, has described the danger of lab-grown meats, which are nearly indigestible by the human body, carry bacteria and are easily contaminated. Mercola warns where lab-grown meats will lead, saying “once you get rid of farmers, the only food choices left will be lab-grown products, insects and other synthetic foods.”

How expensive exactly would lab-grown meats be in order to adequately provide enough for consumers? When the use of the necessary micronutrient Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS) causes the price of cultured meats to approach around $20,000 per kilogram, the costs would be several billion dollars, which would fall back onto consumers.

Interestingly, climate activists Bill and Melinda Gates own more farmland in the U.S. than any other entity, enabling them to grow the genetically engineered soy necessary to create the lab-grown meats they promote, which in turn would also make their own farmland income insanely more lucrative as well as push out the family cattle farms, effectively cornering the “meat” market.

Sebastian King

Harrington, Wash.