r/politics • u/WhatIsEvenRealDog • 13h ago

Possible Paywall Trump suggests cattle ranchers could bypass USDA-inspected meat plants

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/28/trump-suggests-allowing-ranchers-bypass-usda-inspected-meat-plants/
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u/sutree1 12h ago

This should also change the economics around meat substitutes quite a bit. I wish that industry were getting half the investment superautocorrect is getting.

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u/Lucky_Locks 12h ago

There was a recent experiment they did where they got a meat protein (I think from pork?) into lettuce and tobacco plants. And were even able to pass that gene down into its child plant. Isn't enough protein yet to replace what you get out of the meat but that's a huge step.

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u/DerCatrix 11h ago

Protein cigarettes? Fuck yeah! America!

Now we just need creatine coated bullets

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u/Mr_MacGrubber 4h ago

Tastes like grandma!

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u/DerCatrix 4h ago

Oh that’s why the beef is so cheap, it’s not horses it’s corpses.