By: Jordan Mann<\/p>\n
What industry causes the most damage to the environment? The answer is animal\u00a0agriculture; the raising of animals for food.<\/p>\n
This industry produces 18% of all greenhouse gasses.\u00a0The burning of fossil fuel for cars, trucks, trains, airplanes and ships, comes in second at 13%.\u00a0Almost half of all the water used in the US is for animal agriculture. It requires 660 gallons of\u00a0water to produce one hamburger. A staggering 80% of all agricultural land in the US is used to\u00a0raise animals or grow the food needed to feed them.<\/p>\n
This industry tops the list for causing\u00a0freshwater scarcity, species extinction, habitat loss, deforestation and marine pollution.\u00a0Turning the world\u2019s population into vegetarians is a losing proposition because meat\u00a0tastes great and veggie burgers taste like\u2026.well, they do not taste great.<\/p>\n
So, what can be done?<\/p>\n
Patrick Brown, a former Stanford biochemistry professor, thinks he has the answer. Instead of\u00a0making veggie burgers, Brown is making real meat from plants. After all, if a cow can do it, why\u00a0not a scientist? Impossible foods broke down meat to the molecular level and then rebuilt that\u00a0meat with molecules from plants; exactly what animals do when they eat plants.<\/p>\n
The company is starting with ground beef, hamburgers. Their meat acts the same as meat\u00a0from a cow. It looks and feels the same when raw, it changes color when cooked, and it has the\u00a0same smell as cooking meat from a cow. It also supposedly tastes just like a hamburger made\u00a0from meat from a cow.<\/p>\n
Brown\u2019s meat does not contain any cholesterol, hormones, antibiotics or\u00a0slaughterhouse contaminants. It requires less land, less water and less energy to produce.<\/p>\n
If\u00a0Impossible foods can come through on their rhetoric, it will be a miracle.\u00a0The company\u2019s hamburgers are supposed to hit the market in 2016; they will be followed\u00a0by cheeses and other meat products. For more information visit their web site at\u00a0impossiblefoods.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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