Didn’t someone genetically engineer a yeast that produces bovine casein a while ago? Surely growing that in nutrient tanks could be a way of producing something functionally indistinguishable from cow’s milk without the need for large pastures or the methane emissions.
Also, fuck Nestlé. One of the most consistently unethical corporations.
I wonder how that'd play out. I mean, if we replaced milk with "same same but different but still same" milk, what would farmers do? Would milk just come from factories instead?
I mean, it's already coming from factories. The new ones just wouldn't be designed for optimizing animal torture.
The new factories would look a lot like breweries, there'd still be plenty of work to do - maybe a small net loss of headcount per gallon, but from what I understand dairy farming is one of the most difficult farm jobs. As long as there's help transitioning it's a net gain for the world to not have people doing that work.
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AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 341d
Didn’t someone genetically engineer a yeast that produces bovine casein a while ago? Surely growing that in nutrient tanks could be a way of producing something functionally indistinguishable from cow’s milk without the need for large pastures or the methane emissions.
Also, fuck Nestlé. One of the most consistently unethical corporations.
lemmyknow@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 340d
I wonder how that'd play out. I mean, if we replaced milk with "same same but different but still same" milk, what would farmers do? Would milk just come from factories instead?
RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 340d
I mean, it's already coming from factories. The new ones just wouldn't be designed for optimizing animal torture.
The new factories would look a lot like breweries, there'd still be plenty of work to do - maybe a small net loss of headcount per gallon, but from what I understand dairy farming is one of the most difficult farm jobs. As long as there's help transitioning it's a net gain for the world to not have people doing that work.