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Plant based protein products such Impossible Burger and Beyond meat are just the tip of the iceberg. Manufactured proteins are going to very quickly replace livestock and there are a lot of benefits to the food chain, the environment and consumer health.
"Not interested" you say? Bad news: you might think you decide what you eat but you don't. That decision is made by marketers, food scientists and producers. Oh you can still have a steak from a real live cow in the future, just be ready to pay astronomical sums for the privilege.
Economic, social, environmental, geopolitical impact of the demise of the livestock industry.
"Not interested" you say? Bad news: you might think you decide what you eat but you don't. That decision is made by marketers, food scientists and producers. Oh you can still have a steak from a real live cow in the future, just be ready to pay astronomical sums for the privilege.
We are on the cusp of the deepest, fastest, most consequential disruption in food and agricultural production since the first domestication of plants and animals ten thousand years ago. This is primarily a protein disruption driven by economics. The cost of proteins will be five times cheaper by 2030 and 10 times cheaper by 2035 than existing animal proteins, before ultimately approaching the cost of sugar. They will also be superior in every key attribute – more nutritious, healthier, better tasting, and more convenient, with almost unimaginable variety. This means that, by 2030, modern food products will be higher quality and cost less than half as much to produce as the animal-derived products they replace.
The impact of this disruption on industrial animal farming will be profound. By 2030, the number of cows in the U.S. will have fallen by 50% and the cattle farming industry will be all but bankrupt. All other livestock industries will suffer a similar fate, while the knock-on effects for crop farmers and businesses throughout the value chain will be severe.
Economic, social, environmental, geopolitical impact of the demise of the livestock industry.