Should Plant-Based Meat Replace Beef Completely? (pbs.org)

Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday December 24, 2017 @02:39PM from the carving-the-roast-beast dept.

Long-time Slashdot reader tcd004 writes: Is beef still "what's for dinner?" Plant-based meat substitute startups say they could provide enough protein to feed the world using only 2% of the land on Earth, dramatically reducing the resources required to create beef products. And adopting plant-based burgers could help reduce heart disease, protect water resources, and stop deforestation. But Beef producers say no laboratory can beat a steer's ability to turn plant-based nutrition into tasty protein, and animals are the best source for natural fertilizer to grow crops. There's a coming war for your dinner plate. Who will prevail?

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Re:Educational thing by blue+trane · 2017-12-24 15:23 · Score: 0, Troll

You've been sold on lies. Consider the panda, with the digestive tract of a carnivorous bear, but with a strong preference for eating bamboo. Vegetarianism is natural and transcends biology.