Deep Dive: Precision Fermentation

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

As an Engineer {EE} I find this process fascinating with great potential except for some historic facts. Corporations never have the best interest of the public in mind. In just the last century, for example, steel roller mills allowed for massive amounts of white flour to be milled and the bran/germ sold off as cattle feed. Now most everyone could afford the "rich man's" white bread but didn't care up to 40 of the nutrients in wheat berries had been removed. It took a massive increase in pellagra, beriberi, anemia before government, in 1946, forced the millers to "Enrich" the flour and add back in, 4 nutrients out of the 40 they took out. Then it took until 1996 until the millers were forced to add folic acid to stem the increase in birth defects. Even if you can assure 100% identical protein and texture, what about the nutrients and minerals in true natural products? Or must we go the synthetic route for those? Put back in 5 +/- of the 40 +/- of the nutrients that don't exist in this product? I can easily imagine how the Bill Gates and Klaus Schwab's, WEF, UN, Globalists of the world can and will manipulate our food supply to achieve their true goal of a massive depopulation of the planet by up to 90%.

[@andersstengaardjensen2208]

I liked the colment until the last deranged conspiracy theory lunacy😂😂

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

@@andersstengaardjensen2208 I assume you meant "comment" not what ever "colment" means. What I posted were FACTS and instead of your slander if you had taken the time to investigate you would have discovered that in some countries in Europe during the war, they halted 'white flour' milling practices as they could not afford to sift out 30+/-% of the wheat berry's bran and germ only to find out many nutrition based ailments started to disappear. FACT milling/sifting to achieve white flour DOES remove the most nutritious portions of the wheat berry regardless of your precious feelings. After the war and the return to white bread flour those ailments returned. An apology is due, but those who love to slander others rarely have the class to do so.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

@@andersstengaardjensen2208 I suppose the corporate bottom line vs health means nothing to you. Wonder what companies like Monsanto, Bayer, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson would be willing to incorporate into the process if it could mean some extra Million$ to their executives. The process is phenomenal but Blackrock, Vanguard, etc and the corporate bean counters will be more than happy to ignore health issues if it increases the bottom line as they have already PROVEN to do so! If you think that is just "conspiracy theory lunacy" ask the 300+ people who suffered from cost cutting on Boeing airplanes. Oh you can't because they are dead.

[@larsbressers1402]

Thank you for a great talk I keep coming back to

[@poulha]

Fascinatiing. From the discussion I conclude that the projections of RethinkX that cows will become obsolete and farmland laid waste by PF proteins is being pushed a bit further into the future ...

[@h.e.hazelhorst9838]

I wonder: this month (Sept 2023) a report was published that identifies UPF (ultra Processed Food) as a health hazard, that is, it appears to pose a higher risk on developing cancer, heart diseases etcetara. How does precision fermentatin fit in? Are products that are produced by precision fermentation among UPF or not?

[@crazysapertonight]

No, it is source of protein, like protein powder for training. You could add it to the mix to make UPF as any other ingredient

[@hanstandt9587]

Tony Seba !

[@peterdollins3610]

To replace animals this cannot come fast enough small or large scale for the raising and killing of animals now has become a horror & an extreme risk through virus plagues to humanity.

[@mikewurlitzer5217]

You'll speak differently when the likes of Monsanto/Bayer start producing meat.

[@Flashiest88]

Venture capitalism can save the planet from the effects of venture capitalism? I'll stay tuned. I hope you folks can scale this to make the cost efficiency of current meat practices untenable. Can you see a future where this replaces/scales back commercial meat industries?

[@retromograph3893]

Of course it can, using land and natural resources to produce meat (either factory or free range) is an incredibly inefficient way to produce the foodstuffs mankind needs, the tech discussed here holds the promise to feed the world sustainably. Nothing wrong with VCs providing the funds to kickstart the process. Crypto could also play an important role as it allows retail (normal people) to be part of that early investment process although of course scams need to be guarded against.

[@peterdollins3610]

@@retromograph3893 Crypto is a scam. See Gary'sEconomics on this and on the causes of our increasing inequality so need for wealth taxes.

[@ronaldgarrison8478]

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