Hofstra Cultural Center Department of Geology, Environment and Sustainability and the
Food Studies Program
in conjunction with National Public Health Week present
Meat Planet: Artificial Flesh and the Future of Food with Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft In 2013, a Dutch scientist unveiled the world’s first laboratory created hamburger. Since then, the idea of producing meat, not from live animals but from carefully cultured tissues, has spread like wildfire through the media. Meanwhile, cultured meat researchers race against population growth and climate change in an effort to make sustainable protein. In this talk, Wurgaft explores the quest to generate meat in the lab — a substance sometimes called “cultured meat” — and asks what it means to imagine that this is the future of food. While cultured meat is a new development in food technology, the idea of meat without animals has a long history, and it presents us with challenging philosophical questions about the nature of animals, humans, and the limits of technology.
Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft Writer and Historian
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 VIRTUAL EVENT
2:40-4:05 p.m.
Event is FREE and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To RSVP,visit events.hofstra.edu. Registrants will be sent an email with Zoom link prior to join event. For more information email the Hofstra Cultural Center at hofculctr@hofstra.edu.