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    Can you define 'meat?'

    Amid technological advances and appeals for sustainability, plant-based meat alternatives and cell-cultured meat are making ranchers, feedlots and slaughterhouses squirm. Chase Purdy reported for Quartz on the U.S.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Apr 5, 2018 • 1 min read

    Amid technological advances and appeals for sustainability, plant-based meat alternatives and cell-cultured meat are making ranchers, feedlots and slaughterhouses squirm. Chase Purdy reported for Quartz on the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association and its petition to define meat.

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    4. 27:54The best of Harper's food writing
    5. 36:02The life and times of Ernest Mickler
    6. 44:25Market Report: Just 'beet' it!
    7. 51:56Jonathan Gold dines on sushi at Shiki
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    The full episode

    2 of 7
    Forging knives, lab-grown 'meat,' and iconic food writing
    1. 0:00Flame grilled and hand forged
    2. 13:02Can you define 'meat?'You’re reading this
    3. 21:49The tradition of Mimouna
    4. 27:54The best of Harper's food writing
    5. 36:02The life and times of Ernest Mickler
    6. 44:25Market Report: Just 'beet' it!
    7. 51:56Jonathan Gold dines on sushi at Shiki
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