No More Factory Farm Handouts—Protect Cultured Meat

Texas politicians have just made a dangerous choice: banning cultured meat. This reactionary law doesn’t just strip away consumer freedom—it blocks one of the most promising tools we have to fight the climate crisis, stop biodiversity loss, and end animal suffering.

Texas is undermining consumer choice, technological progress, and responsible stewardship of our planet. By outlawing the manufacturing, possession, distribution, and sale of cell-cultured protein, Texas is blocking real change that could benefit people, the planet, and prevent the horrific and constant suffering of animals who are raised for food. 

To be clear, this is not a health issue. Texas, Florida, and a handful of other states have acted despite federal approval for such products as safe and regulated by FDA and USDA standards. Cultured or lab-grown meat is safe, and far better for the planet and all of us who share it than traditional meat.

Cultured meat is a breakthrough: real meat grown without slaughter. It slashes greenhouse gas emissions, saves land and water, protects wildlife from extinction, and—most importantly—spares billions of animals from lives of confinement and cruelty. At a time when we need urgent solutions, lawmakers are instead choosing to side with the factory farming industry and shut down innovation that could save our planet.

Scientists and researchers estimated that up to 20 percent of all global greenhouse gases are caused by traditional meat production, and beef, soy (which is often grown to feed farmed animals), and palm oil are the largest drivers of deforestation worldwide. Cultured meat can be the solution to these problems, but politicians need to get out of the way.

We can’t stand by while they try to drag us backward. Already, companies like UPSIDE Foods and Wildtype are challenging the ban in court, but public voices are just as critical. Lawmakers need to hear loud and clear: people demand food freedom, climate action, and compassion for animals.

Bans on cultured meat are nothing more than protectionist handouts to an industry built on cruelty and destruction. Together, we can stop this reckless attack on progress. Please sign the petition to demand that Texas and other states repeal these bans, and let science, ethics, and innovation guide the future of food, not fear and corporate greed.