THE END OF MEAT?

When:
Wednesday, Sep 25, 2019 7:00p -
8:30p

Where:
First Parish Church
1446 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Meetup

Event website:
https://www.cambridgeforum.org/

Can Americans survive without their hamburgers? This juicy question raises many fundamental issues - nutritional, moral and environmental.


WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 AT 7 PM
First Parish Church, 1446 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge


Cows are big methane machines and not very efficient ones, and everyone agrees that we need to reduce our carbon footprint. As people are becoming better informed about choices and what they are putting into their bodies, they are looking at the “costs” from a health perspective, for animals and for the environment. Changes are afoot.


Who knew that Burger King would be offering the Impossible Whopper made from plant-based protein instead of meat? And veganism, which used to be a fringe-movement, has now morphed into a hip lifestyle. Scientists are already working on cell-based meat products which will be on sale to the public next year.


To help us understand the issues, we have scientists, philosophers and businessmen. Dr. Walter Willett, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard will be joined by Nina Gheihman, a sociologist at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and two entrepreneurs, Truman French and Tucker Pforzheimer, who are running a business, growing shiitake mushrooms on Martha’s Vineyard.


Come join the discussion and learn how our eating decisions affect not just us, but the entire planet.
This event is free and open to all

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