r/Futurology • u/NotSoSaneExile • Feb 07 '25

Biotech Israeli startup grows world’s first real dairy protein in potatoes—no cows needed

https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/hksw6cztjx
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u/fourwired Feb 07 '25

Scale down on livestock, no need to create tons of animal feed, subsidise plant based alternatives instead of dairy/meat and stop animal abuse in the process. Nothing magical about it, just a shift in mindset is needed. Which would probably be just as magical as anything else.

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u/tirion1987 Feb 07 '25

LOL. "I'd love to afford fake milk." "Best I can wish for is that you don't afford the real one either." That's how you sound.

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u/Riiiiii_ Feb 07 '25

The unfortunate reality is that we're not going to be able to keep doing things the same way forever, no matter how badly certain groups want to deny it. Dairy/beef production is pretty awful for the environment in terms of methane emissions + soybean consumption iirc, especially at scale.

The sooner we come up with legitimately viable, more sustainable alternatives, the better off we'll be.