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Re:Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage by zvmaz on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @11:43AM (#35358865)
> BBC journos have a specific editorial style, and no doubt it influenced this headline, but this isn't to "protect food heritage".

I roughly checked the french press (I don't read italian): there is no account of the "food heritage" argument, but I wouldn't be surprised if the right did put forth the argument.

Re:Italy moves to ban lab-grown meat to protect food heritage by Recursing on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @04:44PM (#35363299)
I read italian, it's a main argument in the Italian press.

https://www-ilsole24ore-com.translate.goog/art/carne-sinteti... Ctrl+F for "food culture"

Plenty of other bad takes though, the worst imho is: "[lab-grown meat] is anything but natural, and is therefore an enemy of the environment"