{"id":2294846,"date":"2024-07-14T17:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T21:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pentagon-funds-search-for-ways-to-jam-troops-full-of-lab-grown-meat\/"},"modified":"2024-07-14T17:53:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T21:53:57","slug":"bidens-pentagon-funds-search-for-ways-to-jam-troops-full-of-lab-grown-meat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pentagon-funds-search-for-ways-to-jam-troops-full-of-lab-grown-meat\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden&#8217;s Pentagon Funds Search for Ways to Jam Troops Full of Lab-Grown &#8216;Meat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbidens-pentagon-funds-search-for-ways-to-jam-troops-full-of-lab-grown-meat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2294846&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the controversy surrounding \u200cthe use of taxpayer money to fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-gates-rich-countries-should-be-eating-100-synthetic-beef\/\" title=\"Bill Gates: Rich Countries Should Be Eating 100% Synthetic Beef\">lab-grown meat<\/a> for the military, particularly in a country like the\u2063 United States that already has a significant amount of debt. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rising-baby-name-trend-could-become-the-new-normal-is-our-nation-in-danger\/\" title=\"Is the Rising Baby Name Trend a Threat to Our Nation?\">article raises concerns<\/a> about the financial implications of such a project, as well as the potential risks \u200dto members of the military who would be consuming\u200b this experimental\u200b food. Critics\u200b argue that the\u2062 funds allocated\u2062 to\u200b lab-grown meat could be better \u200cspent elsewhere, and question the \u2062environmental benefits of this technology.the article highlights the debate surrounding the necessity and cost-effectiveness of investing in lab-grown meat for military use.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"> <?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/cillianzeal\/%20\"><span>C. Douglas Golden<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   July 14, 2024 at 12:00pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Even in a country that was swimming in excess cash, I\u2019d question the \u201cnational security\u201d virtues of spending massive amounts of taxpayer money on lab-grown meat for the military.<\/p>\n<p>That country, however, just happens to be the United States.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sorry to break it to you in case you haven\u2019t been paying attention to the news since, oh, the New Deal was passed, but we have a bit of an issue with spending more than we take in. Like, a lot more.<\/p>\n<p>This year, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fiscaldata.treasury.gov\/datasets\/debt-to-the-penny\/debt-to-the-penny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treasury Department<\/a>, we surpassed $34 trillion in public debt, and that number is only going to keep getting higher. And we\u2019re paying more on interest than ever before \u2014 more than any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-school-district-shells-out-nearly-50000-for-survey-crafted-by-race-consultants\/\" title=\"Virginia School District Shells Out Nearly ,000 For Survey Crafted By Race Consultants\">single line item<\/a> in the budget for 2024, according to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgpf.org\/national-debt-clock?utm_term=national%20debt%20%2Bchart&#038;utm_campaign=Debt+clock&#038;utm_source=adwords&#038;utm_medium=ppc&#038;hsa_acc=1523796716&#038;hsa_cam=6450129295&#038;hsa_grp=79998115867&#038;hsa_ad=572806871702&#038;hsa_src=g&#038;hsa_tgt=kwd-871853152447&#038;hsa_kw=national%20debt%20%2Bchart&#038;hsa_mt=b&#038;hsa_net=adwords&#038;hsa_ver=3&#038;gad_source=1&#038;gclid=Cj0KCQjws560BhCuARIsAHMqE0FyZ1qs4CVHdvaoboQsqm5qjKaVN9C_UTi_NxLb-FNCVNAG7FewSSYaAhl1EALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter G. Petersen Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, we don\u2019t have money. We have a lot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-explains-cow-farts-part-green-new-deal-just-bad-think\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of cattle<\/a>. Why the heck do we need an expensive project for lab-grown \u201cmeat\u201d for our troops?<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/pentagon-wants-to-feed-troops-experimental-lab-grown-meat-to-reduce-co2-footprint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>, BioMADE, which has received over $500 million in funding from the Biden administration\u2019s Pentagon, <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/61d9c20c46d51b49b50f6229\/t\/665dfd4a27584a0fe2509d7d\/1717435724676\/SLAM+Project+Call.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> in June that it was accepting proposals for \u201cinnovations in food production that reduce the CO2 footprint of food production at \u2026 DoD operational environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese could include, but are not limited to, production of nutrient-dense military rations via fermentation processes, utilizing one carbon molecule (C1) feedstocks for food production, and novel cell culture methods suitable for the production of cultivated meat\/protein.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the last line item that\u2019s a cause of concern, since \u201cnovel cell culture methods suitable for the production of cultivated meat\/protein\u201d is essentially a word-dense way to say lab-grown meat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-governor-declares-war-lab-grown-meat-signs-law-making-distribution-sale-manufacture-illegal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">These products<\/a>, critics of the proposal have noted, are still in their developmental phase, making the men and women of our military potential \u201cguinea pigs\u201d for technology that hasn\u2019t been rigorously tested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaxpayer dollars should not be used to fund the lab-grown meat sector,\u201d said Jack Hubbard, executive director for the Center for the Environment and Welfare. It\u2019s a consumer group that\u2019s been critical of many \u201cenvironmentally friendly\u201d or \u201canimal rights\u201d groups and causes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur troops deserve better than to be served lab-grown meat, produced in bioreactors with immortalized cells and chemicals,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately,\u201d Hubbard added, \u201cthis effort is being driven by an agenda that is political and anti-farmer. Our soldiers should never be used as guinea pigs.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Last week a DoD-funded consortium called BioMADE put out a request for proposals. They are looking to fund \u201cinnovations in food production that reduce the CO2 footprint of food production at \u2026 DoD operational environments\u201d (2\/6)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Center for Environment and Welfare (@EnviroWelfare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnviroWelfare\/status\/1800185048421003624?\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BioMADE has received more than $500 million in funding from DoD. (4\/6) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4gqlQnfO7U\">pic.twitter.com\/4gqlQnfO7U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Center for Environment and Welfare (@EnviroWelfare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnviroWelfare\/status\/1800185054355955952?\">June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how much of the $500 million allocated to BioMADE had been spent on lab-grown \u201cmeat\u201d proposals, it\u2019s worth noting.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Free Beacon noted that the Pentagon and its contractors had allocated up to $2 million for \u201calt-protein projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Free Beacon also noted that lab-grown \u201cmeat\u201d may not actually do what its proponents are looking to achieve, with one recent study by the University of California at Davis noting that \u201clab-grown meat\u2019s carbon footprint [is] potentially worse than retail beef.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf companies are having to purify growth media to pharmaceutical levels, it uses more resources, which then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-approves-sale-of-lab-grown-meat\/\" title=\"USDA Approves Sale Of \u2018Lab-Grown\u2019 Meat\">increases global warming potential<\/a>,\u201d wrote, Derrick Risner, a member of UC Davis\u2019s Department of Food Science and Technology and the study\u2019s lead author.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this product continues to be produced using the \u2018pharma\u2019 approach, it\u2019s going to be worse for the environment and more expensive than conventional beef production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, granted, spending money on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/italy-plays-safe-rejects-lab-grown-meat-defense-health-historic-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lab-grown \u201cmeat\u201d<\/a> isn\u2019t going to be the straw that breaks the camel\u2019s back when it comes to the federal budget. It\u2019s still worth noting that we throw straws on there with such regularity nowadays that we\u2019ve pretty much buried the camel \u2014 and that\u2019s not even counting the giant I-beams of steel, each stamped with the words \u201cSocial Security,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-spike-number-americans-concerned-future-medicare-social-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medicare<\/a>\u201d and \u201cMedicaid\u201d on the side of them, that have already practically crushed the poor dromedary.<\/p>\n<p>However, when something is so thoroughly unnecessary, the question practically asks itself: Why is money being spent on this? We have cows. We have a dead camel somewhere under those I-beams and straws, if you want to serve our troops that.<\/p>\n<p>We don\u2019t need novel forms of meat to feed our troops in order to reduce the carbon dioxide footprint. This is money that\u2019s being thrown into the wind to make environmentalist politicians and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-gen-milley-quietly-revises-wildly-incorrect-prediction-gave-congress-february\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pentagon wokeistas<\/a> feel good about themselves. A small amount of money, relatively? Perhaps \u2014 but money all the same, and money we don\u2019t have, and money that even a nation that had it shouldn\u2019t be spending.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. 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The United States is facing a significant public debt crisis, with over $34 trillion in debt and rising interest payments. With plenty of cattle available, it seems unnecessary to invest in expensive lab-grown meat projects for our troops. Critics have raised concerns about the safety and environmental impact of these products, which are still in the developmental phase. The funding for these projects could be better spent elsewhere, especially considering the financial challenges the country is facing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2294847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Marines-eating.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,35041,3761,9689],"class_list":["post-2294846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-lab-grown-meat","tag-pentagon","tag-troops"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Marines-eating.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2294847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}