According to the CBC in a recent article entitled Technology needed to feed world in 2050: scientists, we may need artificial meat, genetic engineering and nanotechnology to feed the world, due to an increased demand in meat, milk and eggs and dwindling agricultural resources due to climate change and the increased demand for biofuel, crops which are slowly replacing regular crops.

But who would want to eat meat grown in vats in the laboratory, even if you’re told it’s perfectly safe?

Besides religious issues, there are those of unknown –and unproven– technology. Although it may come to that, it is also important to study sustainability and ways to improve it, including saving and economizing on natural resources, as well as educating society on food, how it is produced, and its ecological impacts.