Italy's lower house of parliament gave final approval for a law banning the use of laboratory-produced food and animal feed on Thursday as angry farmers confronted a group of centrist lawmakers opposed to the bill.
        • bmsok@lemmy.world
          26·
          9 months ago

          Downvote if you want but at least educate me on why I’m wrong on facepalming. I’m serious. I love a good discussion.

          • baduhai@sopuli.xyz
            12·
            9 months ago

            I think people are downvoting because a simple facepalm emoji is considered a low effort comment. If there’s no substance to your comment, better not to comment at all.

            • bmsok@lemmy.world
              3·
              9 months ago

              Fair point. My intent was to encourage discussion and it was my mistake that an emoji would facilitate more discussion. Lesson learned 🤦🏻‍♂️

            • bmsok@lemmy.world
              3·
              9 months ago

              Okay. My point is that methane (from cow farts) is a significant source of greenhouse gasses. If we can get high quality food without ruining the planet or the enjoyment of food then why shouldn’t we go for it?

      • rhizophonic@lemmy.zip
        29·
        9 months ago

        We’ve been evolving with the times for quite a while. Maybe change for the sake of change isn’t exactly the right thing either.

        Lab grown food, sold to you by the same system who sold you intensive farming.

        • wkk@lemmy.world
          12·
          9 months ago

          How is lab grown meat change for the sake of change? There’s obvious benefits to it: no more need to breed beings just to eat them, less resource-intensive, frees up land, and I might be missing others

          • rhizophonic@lemmy.zip
            2·
            9 months ago

            Is it really sustainable ? I’m just not sure it’s a viable alternative to eating less meat and farming with sustainable and regenerative practices.