Scientists have, for the first time, genetically

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Scientists have, for the first time, genetically engineered lettuce and tobacco plants to grow the animal protein myoglobin. Plant-derived myoglobin could achieve protein yields per hectare that rival – or even exceed – those of animal agriculture, with lower water use and greenhouse gas emissions.
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A Key Meat Protein Has Been Grown in Lettuce For The First Time

Eating meat is consistently shown to be one of the worst things we can do for the environment as consumers, due to the outsized negative impacts animal agriculture has on land, water and energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions.

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