Only One Restaurant in Texas Sells Lab-Grown Meat. Lawmakers Banned It Anyway.

Lab-grown meat isn’t being sold in Texas. Lawmakers banned it anyway.

Starting Sept. 1, cultured meat sales will be banned for the next two years even though the product isn’t ready to be sold at a large scale.

Only one restaurant in Texas sells lab-grown meat. Lawmakers banned i…

Starting Sept. 1, cultured meat sales will be banned for the next two years even though the product isn’t ready to be sold at a large scale.

Only one restaurant in Texas sells lab-grown meat. Lawmakers banned it anyway.

Starting Sept. 1, cultured meat sales will be banned for the next two years even though the product isn’t ready to be sold at a large scale.

Lab-grown meat isn’t scary, it’s a solution

Lab-grown meat is no Frankenstein’s monster. Derived from animal cells and grown in a controlled lab without the slaughter of a living animal, this very real, safe meat is a fascinating opportunity. If consumers embraced lab-grown meat, also called cultured meat, the method could address the tremendous environmental and ethical consequences of the commercial meat industry.  Globally, large-scale deforestation occurs each year to keep up with the…