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CRISPR fungus: Protein-packed, sustainable, and tastes like meat

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171 points rguiscard | 1 comments | 12 Dec 25 00:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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SapporoChris ◴[12 Dec 25 03:23 UTC] No.46240533[source]▶
They've altered Fusarium venenatum which is currently what Quorn utilizes in its products. "The production process of gene-edited MP is more environmentally friendly than chicken meat and cell-cultured meat." That's good news, if they get to the point where it is more economically friendly than chicken meat it will be great news.
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shrubble ◴[12 Dec 25 07:03 UTC] No.46241584[source]▶
There’s little chance that the statement is true. Chickens kept in a backyard can live on bugs and kitchen scraps and there’s no delivery cost for eggs or eventual meat.
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1. tdb7893 ◴[12 Dec 25 07:15 UTC] No.46241654[source]▶
A negligible fraction of chicken production is backyard operations. Any quote talking about chicken production is referencing how they are actually produced, which is generally huge industrialized farms (often hundreds of thousands to millions of birds a year).