The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and Europe
Cultivated and plant-based meats have been recognized as radical innovations that may revolutionize food production worldwide. Despite potentially being more sustainable than conventional meat, little is known about the consequences these innovations can bring to society. To help to clarify this top...
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| author | Rodrigo Luiz Morais-da-Silva Germano Glufke Reis Hermes Sanctorum Carla Forte Maiolino Molento |
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| description | Cultivated and plant-based meats have been recognized as radical innovations that may revolutionize food production worldwide. Despite potentially being more sustainable than conventional meat, little is known about the consequences these innovations can bring to society. To help to clarify this topic, we studied the social impacts that cultivated and plant-based meats may bring to Brazil, the United States and Europe. Based on the perspective of 136 experts, our results are divided into market expectations, consumer access, consumer acceptance, impacts on farms, and business opportunities along the new chains. Experts generally predicted an optimistic picture of the social effects with several opportunities as alternative meats become available. However, the consequences for animal farmers seemed worrying in the experts' views. Overall, the opinion of Brazilian and American experts seemed more optimistic than that of Europeans. Our findings may be helpful for practitioners and people involved in rural policy interested in better guiding this transition process in the food production chain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe29e1521f2245f4989b9f9ebc33bf0e2022-12-22T11:22:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2022-12-01610.3389/fsufs.2022.10566151056615The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and EuropeRodrigo Luiz Morais-da-Silva0Germano Glufke Reis1Hermes Sanctorum2Carla Forte Maiolino Molento3UFPR Business School, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, BrazilUFPR Business School, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, BrazilGAIA Global Action in the Interest of Animals, Brussels, BelgiumCellular Animal Science Laboratory, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, BrazilCultivated and plant-based meats have been recognized as radical innovations that may revolutionize food production worldwide. Despite potentially being more sustainable than conventional meat, little is known about the consequences these innovations can bring to society. To help to clarify this topic, we studied the social impacts that cultivated and plant-based meats may bring to Brazil, the United States and Europe. Based on the perspective of 136 experts, our results are divided into market expectations, consumer access, consumer acceptance, impacts on farms, and business opportunities along the new chains. Experts generally predicted an optimistic picture of the social effects with several opportunities as alternative meats become available. However, the consequences for animal farmers seemed worrying in the experts' views. Overall, the opinion of Brazilian and American experts seemed more optimistic than that of Europeans. Our findings may be helpful for practitioners and people involved in rural policy interested in better guiding this transition process in the food production chain.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1056615/fullcultivated meatplant-based meatradical innovationsocial impactsustainable food production chain |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Luiz Morais-da-Silva Germano Glufke Reis Hermes Sanctorum Carla Forte Maiolino Molento The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and Europe Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems cultivated meat plant-based meat radical innovation social impact sustainable food production chain |
| title | The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and Europe |
| title_full | The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and Europe |
| title_fullStr | The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and Europe |
| title_short | The social impact of cultivated and plant-based meats as radical innovations in the food chain: Views from Brazil, the United States and Europe |
| title_sort | social impact of cultivated and plant based meats as radical innovations in the food chain views from brazil the united states and europe |
| topic | cultivated meat plant-based meat radical innovation social impact sustainable food production chain |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.1056615/full |
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