Dear Editor,
I’m sure Senators Bernie Sanders and Pat Leahy say they care about animal welfare.
But if this were true, they would support federal funding for cultured-meat research.
For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals.
As things currently stand, we slaughter over a trillion aquatic and land animals every year for food.
The amount of suffering this represents is beyond comprehension.
Cultured meat — once it’s cheaper than and indistinguishable or superior in taste to slaughtered meat — will reduce this violence. Let’s support this path.
Jon Hochschartner
Granby, CT 06035
