Can this burger save the planet? : synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet
Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2018.
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| author | Junger, Ashley |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1199722022-08-09T19:58:56Z Can this burger save the planet? : synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet Synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet Junger, Ashley Thomas Levenson. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing Comparative Media Studies. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Thesis: S.M. in Science Writing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing, 2018. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 22-26). Sustainable food movements are focused on reducing meat consumption for one simple reason: meat is extremely environmentally costly. This enormous resource use by one industry makes it an appealing target for those looking to reduce American resource use. As a result, many are looking at ways to make livestock more sustainable. And there are two main ways to do so. Clover Food Lab represents one idea: a return to local farming with an emphasis on a plant-based diet. Impossible Foods is the second: using biotechnology to provide a sacrifice free alternative, synthetic beef. These companies aren't solutions in of themselves, but proposals on the way solutions should be implemented. The partnership between these two opposing strategies reveals the promises and pitfalls of trying to reform the American diet and, most importantly, that above all else our food system is unsustainable as it is now. by Ashley Junger. S.M. in Science Writing 2019-01-11T16:06:29Z 2019-01-11T16:06:29Z 2018 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119972 1080639291 eng MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 26 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Comparative Media Studies. Graduate Program in Science Writing. Junger, Ashley Can this burger save the planet? : synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet |
| title | Can this burger save the planet? : synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet |
| title_full | Can this burger save the planet? : synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet |
| title_fullStr | Can this burger save the planet? : synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet |
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| title_short | Can this burger save the planet? : synthetic beef and the dream of an American animal-free diet |
| title_sort | can this burger save the planet synthetic beef and the dream of an american animal free diet |
| topic | Comparative Media Studies. Graduate Program in Science Writing. |
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