Research Proposal on Ethical Meat Production and Biofabrication

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RESEARCH PROPOSAL
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Thesis Statement
Considering the recent trends in the development of innovative production technologies
such as meat biofabrication, ethically raised animals are an essential component of ecologically
oriented agricultural system and hence, will pave the way for ethical, safe and nutritious
‘meatification’ of diets.
Summary of Contrasting Perspectives
Animal husbandry and poultry rearing practices have continues since traditional times to
satiate people’s varied tastes and desire to consume meat. However, considering emerging
population trends and the increased nutrition and dietary needs of the world, food manufacturing
firms, as noted by Anomaly (2015), reverted to factory farming techniques to provide maximum
meat and meat products at significantly lower costs. As noted in the criticism by Anomaly
(2015), food farming comprises of rearing livestock in environments which are dense, heavily
populated, unhygienic and unethical for animals as noted in congested caging of hens,
overcrowding pigs with little room for movement and treating cows in artificial feedlots and not
in natural, green pastures. Hence, such ‘meatification’ of diets not only raise ethical concerns of
promoting animal cruelty and violating animal rights, but also increase susceptibilities of disease
acquisition such as influenza, and antibiotic resistance. However, as a counter strategy, as noted
by Kumar, Bhat and Kumar (2017), ethically raising animals by using innovative strategies such
as meat fabrication prove to be a beneficial component in the development of agricultural
techniques which are ecologically oriented. Meat biofabrication involves the development of
animal-free ‘meat’ via using in-vitro tissue culturing technologies and bioengineering strategies.