Clean Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner and the World
Written by Paul Shapiro and Yuval Noah Harari
Narrated by George Newbern
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Since the dawn of Homo sapiens some quarter million years ago, animals have satiated our species’ desire for meat. But with a growing global population and demand for meat, eggs, dairy, leather, and more, raising such massive numbers of farm animals is woefully inefficient and takes an enormous toll on the planet, public health, and certainly the animals themselves.
But what if we could have our meat and eat it, too? The next great scientific revolution is underway—“a future where the cellular agricultural revolution helps lower rates of foodborne illness, greatly improves environmental sustainability, and allows us to continue to enjoy the food we love” (Kathleen Sebelius, former US Secretary of Health and Human Services).
Enter clean meat—real, actual meat grown (or brewed!) from animal cells—as well as other clean foods that ditch animal cells altogether and are simply built from the molecule up. Whereas our ancestors domesticated wild animals into livestock, today we’re beginning to domesticate their cells, leaving the animals out of the equation. From one single cell of a cow, you could feed an entire village. And “in this important book that could just save your life” (Michael Greger, MD, author of How Not to Die), the story of this coming second domestication is anything but tame.
Paul Shapiro
When Paul Shapiro took his first bite of clean meat in 2014, more humans had gone into space than had eaten real meat grown outside an animal. In addition to being among the world’s first clean meat consumers, Paul is a four-time TEDx speaker, the co-host of the Business for Good Podcast, the CEO of The Better Meat Co., and longtime leader in food sustainability. He’s published hundreds of articles in publications ranging from daily newspapers to academic journals. Paul lives in Sacramento, California with his wife Toni Okamoto, author and founder of Plant-Based on a Budget. His first book, Clean Meat, is a Washington Post bestseller, and has been translated into numerous other languages. You can read more about Paul’s work and contact him at Paul-Shapiro.com.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5THIS IS THE FUTURE!
It's well possible that this is one of our last hopes to save the planet and billions of animals' fate a like.3 people found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The book Clean Meat provides an excellent background and an update on the current state of cellular agriculture. I loved reading the book. It is an entertaining and more importantly, informative read. The book shares background stories of each startup; it is very inspiring and engaging. Paul Shapiro also covers some challenges around scaling and commercializing the technology. Must read if you want to learn about cellular agriculture.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is possibly the most important book written about the future of food.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book on the inspiring backstory of the bold entrepreneurs in the alt-protein industry, which is evolving before our eyes. I discovered the author from a recent interview on a podcast called Plant Proof. In addition to the well-spoken Paul Shapiro, there seem to be many clever and resourceful entrepreneurs in this arena, who see quite clearly the importance of this work in reforming our obsolescent and unsustainable food system for a world of growing population alongside shrinking land and water resources for agriculture.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disturbing and fascinating. There are too many people and more of them want to consume protein. Meatballs, sausage and even chicken can be grown from cell culture and the people at the forefront of this technology imagine this to be a 2cd domestication. Furthermore, acellular cultures will be used to brew milk, egg whites and cheese that wont involve killing animals.Sergei Brin of Google says three scenarios are possible. One is we all become vegetarian. Two we continue to expand to 10 billion people while further degrading the environment and three we harvest small amounts of cell culture to stimulate only muscle growth in petrie dishes for human consumption. Whatever happens it seems the scientists want to play God and firmly believe their methods are both safe and acceptable. These are likely the same scientists that have allowed massive amounts of antibiotics to enter the food supply. They arent chemists, but as biologists they are fellow scientists with dreams of granduer. Their lofty ambitions will be pursued without fully being understood since no animals are being slaughtered there wont be strict legislation initially.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Great book! Informative and full of interesting anecdotes, it provides an insider's perspective on a budding area of technological innovation, and a vision of the future that is compassionate and sustainable. Highly recommend!