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Artwork for Meat: the four futures
Meat: the four futures · May 11, 2023 · 52 min

3. Efficient meat - Problem or solution?

Today we farm and eat meat at a scale not matched in human history. We raise 80 billion animals a year for food at a really low cost to the consumer. Here we look at how technology, research, and innovation have made animal agriculture much more efficient. Do you see efficiency improvements in animal agriculture as essential for feeding a growing population? Or do you think we should eat less meat, switch to plant-forward diets or create competitive meat alternatives? We speak with agriculture economists, pig farmers, poultry geneticists, and others who make the best case for an efficient meat future. -- Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode3 Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tabledebates.org/meat/newsletter Add your voice to the podcast: https://tabledebates.org/meat/contribute Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.

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Today we farm and eat meat at a scale not matched in human history. We raise 80 billion animals a year for food at a really low cost to the consumer.  Here we look at how technology, research, and innovation have made animal agriculture much more efficient. 

Do you see efficiency improvements in animal agriculture as essential for feeding a growing population?  Or do you think we should eat less meat, switch to plant-forward diets or create competitive meat alternatives?

We speak with agriculture economists, pig farmers, poultry geneticists, and others who make the best case for an efficient meat future.

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Visit the episode page with more resources: https://tabledebates.org/meat/episode3

Project webpage: https://tabledebates.org/meat

Take the values-based quiz: https://tabledebates.org/meat/quiz

Subscribe to the newsletter: https://tabledebates.org/meat/newsletter

Add your voice to the podcast: https://tabledebates.org/meat/contribute

Music by Blue dot Sessions and Epidemic sound.

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