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X-Prize Hits the Meatpacking Industry

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) are putting their money where their mouths are with a million dollar contest to see who can grow edible, tasty chicken nugget meat in a lab by 2012. The prospect of lab-grown meat has a lot of promise, but has been around for years without much progress, probably because of a lack of funding. With the prize money on the table, PETA hopes to do for in vitro meat what the Ansari X-Prize did for commercial spaceflight. It's a terrific idea, but one wonders if they've thought this through well — part of the process involves 10 PETA judges tasting experimental, lab-grown chicken nuggets that may not be ready for prime time yet. Image: Flickr

9:30 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Michael Reilly
604 views, 35 comments

Latest by MickyK: This is just stupid. It's going to take alot of money to produce these fake products. What happens when people don't have enough dough to support their vegetarian lifestyle? Back to the natural stuff... Plus since this artificial food has what I more »