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Leather and meat without killing animals

Andras Forgacs · TED

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By 2050, it will take 100 billion land animals to provide the world's population with meat, dairy, eggs and leather goods. Maintaining this herd will take a huge, potentially unsustainable toll on the planet. What if there were a different way? In this eye-opening talk, tissue engineering advocate Andras Forgacs argues that biofabricating meat and leather is a civilized way to move past killing animals for hamburgers and handbags.

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2013
Speaker
Andras Forgacs
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, Medicine and health, Engineering, Earth and environment
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
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