Writing an ethics article that involves envisioning the broad ecological and food system implications of the widespread adoption of cellular agriculture on biodiversity and ocean health and feeling this odd, unfamiliar feeling. Something like hope.

Imagine a world without any commercial fishing fleets: healthy ecosystems, no bycatch, thriving apex predators, up to 70% less plastic pollution. Never mind addressing the widespread slavery & otherwise abject working conditions of fishing fleets. & that’s just cell aquaculture.

I really think cellular agriculture needs to tell a much bigger story about the broad ecological benefits of its adoption. Not just “product-swap” LCAs. And critics really need to get over their technophobia and think big ecological impacts. This debate needs to get macro.

I’m also so sick and tired of the whole “unnatural,” “frankenfood” discourse. You wanna are unnatural? Look at what commercial trawlers do to marine life. You wanna see frankenfood? Watch some footage from a factory farm.