My published book: Europe's Not-So-Civil War on Cultivated Meat
My book, Europe’s Not-So-Civil War on Cultivated Meat: Why Farmers Could Become Cultivated Meat’s Greatest Allies, is published and available on Amazon.
A fair hearing for cultivated meat
The book follows cultivated meat through European politics, regulation and public debate. It explores how questions about food safety and animal welfare become entangled with farming, identity and economic power.
Farmers and workers are central to that story. A credible transition has to address livelihoods, ownership, skills and who carries the risk. It also requires scrutiny of cultivated meat’s own promises, costs and dependencies.
The capacity to assess
One concern I want to highlight is the relationship between public investment and the evidence institutions expect to receive:
Budgetary delay arises when public institutions underfund the independent evidence, shared facilities and applicant capability required for mature assessment, then cite missing evidence and immature scale as grounds for continued hesitation.
The question is how institutions can build the capacity needed for a mature assessment. Independent evidence, shared facilities and the ability to prepare robust applications all require resources. Demanding stronger evidence should go hand in hand with making that evidence possible.
Read the book and stay in touch
You can find the book on Amazon. For updates and conversation, connect with me on Instagram (@crissito.b) or LinkedIn.
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