
328 Ecological Sustainability
the production costs of in vitro meat myocytes grown free in tissue culture
media and meat grown in a bioreactor on a 3-D matrix. They predicted (in
2008) that large quantities of in vitro meat could be produced for approximately
Euro 3300–3500 per tonne, depending on the culture method. This translates
to Euro 1.50–1.59 per pound in 2008 Euros.
One obvious positive impact of the rise in consumption of in vitro meats
will be a decreased demand for meat animals, a decrease in factory farms
and CAFOs, and an increase in available arable land to grow grain crops
for humans. Newly available grazing land might be pla