> Would this be halal or kosher?

Jewis law: "Pigs should not be eaten because they don't chew their cud."

I guess you could go both ways: Soybeans don't have cud to chew, so allowed. Or: Soybeans don't chew cud, so banned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_restrictions_on_the_...

Ok, but what if you installed a series of poles and mounted a wire atop, encircling the field in which these soybeans grew?

Is lab-grown chicken, Vegan? It doesn't contain animal-derived products. All came from a vat.

I'm guessing that comes down to the medium used to grow it, which is often fetal bovine serum, making it non-vegan.

Whether or not it’s vegan is largely unimportant.

There are three main reasons people go vegan - environment, ethical, and health.

Is lab grown meat better for the environment? Absolutely. It takes less space and removes parasitic losses such as movement, body heat etc. It can’t ever be as efficient as eating plants, but it will be orders of magnitude better than animal ag.

Is lab grown meat ethical? Well, it reduces animal suffering to near zero. That’s pretty good in my opinion. But opinions will differ.

Is lab grown meat healthier? Maybe. We should be able to grow higher quality cuts with fewer steroids and antibiotics. But red meat is still carcinogenic. So if someone gave up meat for health, it seems unlikely they’d eat lab grown meat.

What an odd take. Obviously the problem is not that soybeans taste like soybeans.

There are numerous benefits to making plant-based meat alternatives, including:

1. Better for the environment, as animal agriculture is a significant contributor of greenhouse gas emissions.

2. More efficient use of energy and space. Converting plant material into meat isn’t efficient; a lot of energy is lost in the form of heat, movement, waste products etc. The less meat we eat, the more people we can feed.

3. More ethical. Some people don’t like killing animals, but also don’t want to give up meat. Alternatives help these people align their actions with their beliefs.

I was also going to include health, however this isn’t as clear cut. I’m not convinced plant-based meat alternatives are really any healthier.

Fascinating how I get downvoted for responding logically to an illogical comment.

Hopefully these silly experiments won't result in a change to the deliciousness of Edamame. Otherwise I'll be pretty mad.