Zero Hedge: South Dakota has passed a law prohibiting the use of public tax dollars for the research or purchase of cultivated (aka ‘lab grown’) meats.
Introduced in the state’s House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee by Rep. Jana Hunt (R) on Jan. 29, bill HB 1118 was signed into law less than a month later by Gov. Larry Rhoden (R).
“I’m grateful for the unanimous backing from my colleagues in both the House and Senate. As elected officials, it is our duty to serve the people of South Dakota and ensure responsible stewardship of their hard-earned tax dollars,” said Hunt, who also credited testimony from The Beef Initiative, a non-governmental organization that coordinates with local farms nationwide who champion food security through local access.
The new law will be effective July 1.
Rhoden has been in office since Jan. 25 following the resignation of former Gov. Kristi Noem, who is now Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS).
South Dakota is one of a growing number of states where the legislatures have taken efforts to place restrictions on cultivated meat to protect their own animal agriculture interests. Other states to do so include Florida, Alabama, Nebraska, Iowa and Michigan. –WATTPoultry
As we noted in January, Florida and Alabama banned lab-grown meat for consumption, while three others have proposed similar restrictions on the controversial 3D-printed meat. Additionally, ten states now mandate labeling of lab-grown meat. Meanwhile, the rest of the US has no regulations governing fake meat. more here
Yes, well, we have more cows than peoplemhere, so it’s not too surprising.
Faux meat is people!
great now ban mRNA in the food chain
Lab meat is really mystery meat. No one knows what it is or where it comes from. I’ll pass; I prefer real meat like beef pork, chicken, fish, wild game etc.
Pretty sure under the hood, lab grown “meat” is a gene spliced free standing malignant tumor.
Not trying to be funny.
How would you know?? Who can you trust? How would you test? If they sneak it in, what is the punishment? From what I’ve read they are few who could be trusted on anything that is linked to $$$. Kind of like synthetic oil.
“When more of the people’s sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government.”
Grover Cleveland
This kind of bullshit is an excellent example. The goddamn government has no business subsidizing most anything. If there is actual demand for it the market will respond accordingly. The government causes market dislocations and what you end up with is shot no Dody wanted in the forst place being forced on them.
shit nobody wanted in the first place
I haven’t heard that Michigan is trying to outlaw fake meat. We did just elect a Republican majority in our legislature, so this just may pass.
Now ban the cow fart vaccine and stop giving cows growth hormones.
Speaking of Bill Gates, he sure has been quite lately. A bunch of us tin foil hat types think it’s because he’s under criminal investigation. And you can take your pick. Anything from the Lolita Express to fucking with our food supply. You can throw some COVID action in there to for good measure.
The fact that ANYONE wants to do something ‘unnatural’ is a giant red flag.
@ jellybean TUESDAY, 11 MARCH 2025, 19:07 AT 7:07 PM
The fact that Gates is up to his neck in artificially produced food is a whole field of red flags.
Call it what it is.
Its not meat.
Its a tumor.
And everyone knows what tumors cause. I just lost another friend I’ve known for 50 years die from cancer two weeks ago. Cancer and fake meat both suck.