Fungi-based meat alternatives to help save Earth's forests

ScienceDaily
May 4, 2022, 3:04 pm242 pts
Substituting 20 % of meat from cattle with microbial protein -- a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks -- by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new analysis finds. The market-ready meat alternative is very similar in taste and texture, but is a biotech product which -- by replacing beef -- involves…

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