Lab-grown meat: Why are countries banning it? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

Lab-grown meat is often touted as the solution to climate-friendly meat production. But in some parts of the world, governments are introducing laws to stop it from being produced. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM On the Global Story podcast, Lucy Hockings speaks with Graihagh Jackson, host of The Climate Question programme on the BBC World Service and our Asia business reporter Nick Marsh. They discuss whether cultivated meat is a potential solution to the climate crisis or just a gimmick. 00:00 Introduction 01:29 Trying lab-grown meat 03:09 What is lab-grown meat? 03:46 Does lab-grown meat taste right? 05:33 Why Singapore allow lab-grown meat 06:26 Lab-grown meat in the United States 06:54 Is lab-grown meat greener? 09:08 Environmental concerns around traditional meat 10:13 Meat consumption rising in India 10:39 Why does it get banned? 11:45 Where can people get lab-grown meat? 12:27 Tradition vs sci-fi 13:48 Why is the industry struggling? 15:00 Cost issues 15:41 A bit of a gimmick? 16:34 Could attitudes change to lab-grown meat? 18:03 Will we see lab-grown meat on supermarket shelves? Watch more episodes of The Global Story here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvsd/episodes/downloads ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #labgrownmeat