The Agrarian's Alcove

Thanks to the great responses I got from my poll, this week’s post is on none other than lab grown meat! First, we’ll discuss why lab grown meat was even a thought. Then, we’ll discuss a little about how it works. And finally, we’ll discuss what it could mean for our future. Ready to dig in? We all know PETA is against the animal agriculture industry as well as literally any other industry that has anything to do with animals. It isn’t a surprise that they offered a reward for the first person to develop lab grown (sometimes called cultured) meat and market it successfully. This is a project that has been in the making for several years. By 2012 more than 30 research teams worldwide were trying to make it happen. PETA wanted to be able to prevent animal “cruelty” by removing the animal entirely (although...this would require stem cells from animals, and lab tests so I’m not really sure what they were thinking.) Others saw test-tube meat as a means to satisfy the food source for a...

*this is not a sponsored post. all content is original* If you follow The Agrarian’s Alcove on Facebook you know that we recently visited New Orleans! Let me assure you: coming from Texas, you can just tell when you cross the state line. It’s an amazing change. The entire atmosphere is different. If you’ve ever been to Louisiana you probably know that New Orleans is known for the mansions in the Garden District, the amazing above ground cemeteries, and the old plantations. We didn’t get to take a tour of the plantations this time since the tours were between 5 and 8 hours long, and our short trip just didn’t allow for that. But we did have a lot of fun and learned tons!! When we first got into Louisiana we saw lots of fields with standing water. Sticking out above the water were these little orange things, and several blades of stuff that looks like grass. In doing further research, these fields were rice fields. Not just any rice fields, though. The orange things sticking out...