Ingrid Newkirk Talks About In Vitro Meat

In vitro meat: meat grown in a petri disk without any harm to an animal.

I had never heard of it before! My first thought … could I eat this meat without making animals suffer? Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, says yes. PETA has promised $1,000,000 (one million) dollars to the first scientist that can produce and market in vitro meat. It can be made by taking a few cells from one cow and using them to grow steak or other “cuts” of meat without causing harm to or killing any animals along the way. WOW! Wouldn’t that be interesting.

This all came from an interview with Time magazine where the reporter then asked “Will in vitro meat even come close to approximating the taste of a good sirloin?”

“There is no reason to believe that with our scientific prowess today that we can’t make a meat, that if you wanted, taste exactly like the decomposing corpse of a small, tortured animal,” said Ingrid.

Oh my goodness … I just love that. I will be smiling all day about Ingrid’s perfect answer to this question. All the interviewer could do was laugh! Laugh at his own disgust with himself!

You must check out this video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1485842900/bctid1875308404

It’s only 6 minutes and well worth your time. If not for the topics of discussion which include questions about Michael Vick, PETA’s comments about human breast milk, and whether or not PETA has any fun fighting animals rights, then to watch how perfectly Ingrid has nailed her soundbites to answer difficult questions succinctly and with poise. Now that is something ever vegan needs to learn to do.