https://tapintoindustry.com/target-industries/food-manufacturing/
Agriculture [in Mississippi] is a major industry.
Mmmhmm. Looks like Mississippi has a cattle rancher industry association. One would imagine that that group isn’t too keen on competition from meat from a lab.
We Represent Mississippi’s Cattlemen
Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association is focused on addressing local, state and federal issues that impact the long-term viability of cattle farming in Mississippi.
From the article:
Mississippi’s agriculture commissioner, Andy Gipson, has criticized the cultivated meat industry, and he supported a 2019 bill that prevented cultivated meat products being labeled as meat in the state. In 2024 he published a post on his website that commended the cultivated meat bans in Florida and Alabama. “I want my steak to come from farm-raised beef, not a petri-dish from a lab,” he wrote.
Sounds like Mr. Gipson isn’t too keen on that lab-grown meat either. First is was just labeling, and now it’s outright banning.
Let’s look into Andy Gipson’s biography!
https://www.mdac.ms.gov/agency-info/about-andy-gipson/
Andy Gipson serves as Mississippi’s eighth Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
Uh huh.
Gipson has owned and managed a cattle operation in Simpson County for more than 20 years and a tree farm since 2004. He is a member of the Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association and the Simpson County Development Foundation.
Well, now, there’s a coincidence. He happens to be part of the industry and the industry advocacy association that he’s regulating. Sure is a small world!
Let’s add a side of animal cruelty to all of the racism and bigotry.
Mississippi always has toilet paper stuck to its shoe.
Opposition to lab grown meat is surprisingly popular. Normies get really creeped out about it unfortunately.
Fuck the normies. I would never, say, hide milk in a vegan’s food. But I would 100% serve these idiots lab meat and tell them about it later.
Yeah I’m all about consent for what you consume but I would love to feed some people an impossible burger or a vegan “chicken” sandwich and see if they could really tell the difference.
Lab-grown meat killed my mom…true story, lab-grown meat broke into her house and stabbed her 957 times with a fork.
Lab grown meat turned me into a newt
You’re lucky, this is the 8th time lab-grown meat has killed my mother. I hope you got better.
It got better.
Freedom
Yeah, gotta keep slaughtering innocent animals. That’s the Murican way!
I swear the US Republicans are against anything good, literally they are biblical levels of evil.
For what reason? The last time a checked lab meat cost 3 thousand dollars per Kilo. Because it is still experimental. It is not like you can buy it in the supermarket.
Why are Republicans always wrong about literally everything? Oh, that’s right. Faith-based belief system instead of a reality-based belief system.
Protecting their ridiculous regressive views of how the west was
wonexploited via cattle and oil. They all want to protect their landowners that control huge chunks of farm and grazing land, and a significant chunk of that land is used to feed cattle. Get rid of the need to feed and raise cattle and Big Donors might be upset.
How did they define lab because that could result in a hilarious ban of commercial farms.
Probably from its original birth certificate.
“free market” republicans strike again
Freedom is when the government tells you what you’re allowed to buy (assuming it passes safety standards, anyway)
No if you don’t want to take vaccinations or safe your guns that is up to you, security be damned
What safety standards? Those are getting the ax, too
I think Desantis did this in Florida and since no one stopped it now it will traverse every red state slowly
Just like Measles.
Looks like anything that would be an improvement for people and humanity in general is severely frowned upon in some places.
Highly processed food is bad for you I’ve heard. Some people even want to ban most breakfast cereal.
Ban 75% of the grocery store, leave only meat, produce, and spices
well, if rich people loose money it’s bad for everyone… right? /s
The Party of the Free Market and Small Government
Leave it to one of the lowest education scoring states, that most folks actively flee, to do some dumb shit.
