SYNTHETIC MEAT FACTORY!!!

      For many years I have been ranting that the food industry no longer has a connection with agriculture as we envisage it, The food industry is now part and parcel of the chemical industry. Everything we eat, has been processed through a multitude of chemicals, some for flavour, (who wants natural flavours) colouring, (who wants natural colour) and shelf life (who wants fresh food). Then of course there is the production end, the fields and the animals. Everything that grows is treated with pesticides, chemical fertilisers and growth enhancers. The animals and farmed fish are pumped full of growth hormones and antibiotics to the extent that we are now being faced with bacteria that is resistant to any of our known antibiotics, leaving us to face diseases that we can't treat. What might surprise you is that of all the antibiotics sold in America, only about 20% goes to sick people, most of the rest finds its way to the farmed animals and fish. All this is done for profit, not for our health and well being. The image of farms with animals being cared for and tended with a touch of humanity and fed on natural produce is an illusion, it is factory farming on a vast scale for the vast majority of livestock.

       Not content with turning animals and fish into factory produced items, we now have the news that a Dutch university has managed to come up with the first laboratory produce synthetic “meat”. Muscle fibre produced from stem cells has been grown in their laboratory, they commented that “unfortunately it is white”, but they are planning to mix it with blood, (from who or what?) and fat, (from who or what?) and by August they hope to have a hamburger. Any takers for the first bite??

       How far from the natural world will they take our diet? Can you imagine a world where you can be shown round the pork making factory and next door is the meat making factory, while down the road is the fish making factory and the fruit making factory. Of course they are all in very close proximity to the corporate chemical plant. Is this the world you want to leave to your grand kids? Well like it or not, that is the road we are going, unless we change the system, but don't expect that change to come from those who stand to gain billions from this bizarre and unnatural route, there will always be enough fresh natural food at a price for them.

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