Comment by hedora

13 hours ago

Modern beef is unhealthy for humans due to grazing conditions. Maybe the lab grown stuff will be closer to conventional farming output.

> Modern beef is

By which you mean US style grain finished short cycle beef I guess?

The world's bigger than that.

Hopefully most people here getting ribeyes aren’t getting them from the same factory farms that supply McDonald’s and sell other cheap kinds of beef. A ribeye is an occasional luxury and best bought from the farmer.

  • >... best bought from the farmer.

    Perhaps you're anticipating this:

    https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/sep/4/trump-allows...

    • Is that an executive order overriding a law? Is that possible? I thought executive orders only affected the federal government.

      I'm all for breaking the stranglehold of those big 4 meatpacking companies, but make it an actual law, not something that won't hold up in court.

    • This just opens up the door for meat that isn't inspected before sale. That's not ideal, really.

      There are farmers everywhere who will sell you a cow. There are small butcher shops that will process it.

      This is a solution in search of a problem, in my opinion. It will only benefit already massive corporation farms.