Advocating a change in meat consumption patterns, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi batted for lab-grown meat or ‘clean meat’.
Ms. Gandhi inaugurated a one-day summit ‘The Future of Protein’ here on Tuesday, where she delivered the keynote address. During her speech, she conveyed that current practices in the meat industry and consumption patterns are detrimental to the environment and economically cost-prohibitive.
“One cow produces 600 liters of methane every year. The gas is produced only in three ways, one of which is from animals cultivated for meat production,” said the Minister while arguing for lab-grown meat.