Florida House Republican Ryler Sirois introduced a new bill on Monday, aiming to make it illegal to manufacture, sell, hold, or distribute lab-grown meat within the state.
The article has the who, what, when, where, but not the ever important why.
Florida House Republican Ryler Sirois introduced…
Ah. Assuming lab grown meat is somehow “woke”?
Does FL have a large cattle market that I am unaware of? That’s the only reason I can think to ban lab-grown meat. It’s a win for almost every other conceivable stakeholder.
Actually yes. Florida has a very large cattle market, one of the largest in the US (I don’t believe it is the largest, but it’s certainly one of the bigger ones).
Edit: just looked up the most recent stats and the Florida cattle market is smaller than I thought, but still sizeable. It’s currently sitting at about the 14th largest in the US and makes up about 2% of the entire US market.
Does FL have a large cattle market that I am unaware of? That’s the only reason I can think to ban lab-grown meat. It’s a win for almost every other conceivable stakeholder.
Actually yes. Florida has a very large cattle market, one of the largest in the US (I don’t believe it is the largest, but it’s certainly one of the bigger ones).
Edit: just looked up the most recent stats and the Florida cattle market is smaller than I thought, but still sizeable. It’s currently sitting at about the 14th largest in the US and makes up about 2% of the entire US market.
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They mostly farm old Yankees, but yes there is a massive meat industry presence in Florida.