Comments on: Mmmmm……Frankenfood http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/12/28/mmmmmfrankenfood/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:58:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: FreedomByChoice http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/12/28/mmmmmfrankenfood/comment-page-1/#comment-11407 FreedomByChoice Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:47:50 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2637#comment-11407 Greg, While the idea of cloned meat is certainly the emotional side of the issue, the second part of your post really nails the true issue. Time and time again, humans have found that breeding/planting/cultivating monocultures is ultimately unsuccessful, if downright dangerous. This applies to crops as well as livestock. the saving grace in this - at least in the short term - is that it is significantly more expensive to raise a successful clone than a "regular" (whatever that means any more) animal, and the failure rate is pretty high. There's not a lot of incentive for a meat-producing organization to sink a lot of money into improving the process. Of course in the back of my mind while all this "news" was breaking was the image from the old urban legend about KFC changing their name because what they were serving couldn't be considered "chicken" any more... Greg,
While the idea of cloned meat is certainly the emotional side of the issue, the second part of your post really nails the true issue. Time and time again, humans have found that breeding/planting/cultivating monocultures is ultimately unsuccessful, if downright dangerous. This applies to crops as well as livestock. the saving grace in this – at least in the short term – is that it is significantly more expensive to raise a successful clone than a “regular” (whatever that means any more) animal, and the failure rate is pretty high. There’s not a lot of incentive for a meat-producing organization to sink a lot of money into improving the process.

Of course in the back of my mind while all this “news” was breaking was the image from the old urban legend about KFC changing their name because what they were serving couldn’t be considered “chicken” any more…

]]> By: skippy http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/12/28/mmmmmfrankenfood/comment-page-1/#comment-11406 skippy Wed, 03 Jan 2007 03:42:45 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2637#comment-11406 i say, let 'em sell cloned animal meat at the market, only if the animals were fed irradiated food. i say, let ‘em sell cloned animal meat at the market, only if the animals were fed irradiated food.

]]> By: American Citizen http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/12/28/mmmmmfrankenfood/comment-page-1/#comment-11405 American Citizen Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:47:17 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2637#comment-11405 The more immediate concern is the amount of hormones and what-not fed to cows and other animals today. I remember when a pound of chicken breast used to be more than two mammoth, tasteless chicken breasts in the package. The more immediate concern is the amount of hormones and what-not fed to cows and other animals today.

I remember when a pound of chicken breast used to be more than two mammoth, tasteless chicken breasts in the package.

]]> By: Cris http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/12/28/mmmmmfrankenfood/comment-page-1/#comment-11404 Cris Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:54:21 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2637#comment-11404 Of course, if a consumer is concerned about a loss of genetic diversity, one of the actions he can take is to support cattle growers who don't use cloned animals. And to do that, he'll need some mechanism for selecting among providers, such as product labeling. But that's true even without the cloning issue. We already have no way of knowing what breed of cattle produced the steaks we buy at the market. Of course, if a consumer is concerned about a loss of genetic diversity, one of the actions he can take is to support cattle growers who don’t use cloned animals. And to do that, he’ll need some mechanism for selecting among providers, such as product labeling.

But that’s true even without the cloning issue. We already have no way of knowing what breed of cattle produced the steaks we buy at the market.

]]> By: Rojo http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/12/28/mmmmmfrankenfood/comment-page-1/#comment-11403 Rojo Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:19:59 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2637#comment-11403 One should note that the poor maligned Luddites themselves weren't so much anti-technology per se, as against automation putting them out of their jobs. One should note that the poor maligned Luddites themselves weren’t so much anti-technology per se, as against automation putting them out of their jobs.

]]> By: Spudwise Gramgie http://www.thetalentshow.org/2006/12/28/mmmmmfrankenfood/comment-page-1/#comment-11402 Spudwise Gramgie Fri, 29 Dec 2006 13:10:36 +0000 http://www.thetalentshow.org/wp/?p=2637#comment-11402 If you buy meat at the market, you are complicit in the support of a vile industry. http://www.themeatrix.com/ If you buy meat at the market, you are complicit in the support of a vile industry.

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