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    The Future of Beef in our Diet

    28 March 2026 / No Comments

    Tom Cheesewright, Sliced Bread, Radio 4 Beef in our Diet – A Radio Programme Prompt So ….  last Thursday I caught the second half of a programme on Radio 4 at lunchtime.  It was worth a listen.  Ive posted before about growing food in the lab, it has a future.  At the end of the prog a well known presenter stated that in fifty years time he believes we will not be farming beef cattle at scale. Whilst this is not fact, rather it is an informed opinion based on sound science, I tend to agree. Ninety percent of human diet worldwide comes from just 15 crops.  That includes just…

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