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FAQs & Mythbusting

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What is the difference between Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture?
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Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals
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Myth: Precision Fermentation is only a production method for making proteins
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Myth: Modern foods are only able to replicate the animal products we already have
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Myth: Foods made with precision fermentation are GMOs
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How can we avoid a sudden transition to the modern food system that could threaten the livelihoods of subsistence and artisan farmers and others that work in food production?
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How can we avoid large-scale corporate control of these technologies?
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Myth: Technologies like Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture will not be able to be scaled enough to feed our global population
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Myth: Modern foods are, and will forever be, too expensive to compete with animal products
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Myth: Cultivated meat is not real meat
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Myth: The companies and products we see today are the future of the food industry
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How can we trust meat, milk or other animal products grown in a lab?
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Myth: The new modern food system will be centralized and corporation owned, just like the pharmaceutical industry
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Myth: The disruption of food and agriculture means that in the future there will be no meat available from animals
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How much will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture cost?
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How much farmland acreage would be impacted by a transition to Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture food systems?
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Where will Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture technologies be most suited geographically?
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How will the modern food disruption work in poorer regions and nations around the world?
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What will happen to all the cows?
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What if I never want to give up my meat?
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How much waste material is produced by modern foods, and are there any associated environmental risks?
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Myth: Modern foods will not contain the same micro- and macro-nutrients as animal foods
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How much energy do Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture require?
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Why aren’t other modern food technologies disruptive in the same way that Precision Fermentation is?
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Where will the energy for Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture come from?
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How does Precision Fermentation and Cellular Agriculture water use compare to the animal agriculture it will replace?
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Myth: A modern food system will demand far too much energy to be viable
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Myth: Modern foods will have the same environmental impact and drawbacks as animal-based foods
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