The Party of the Free Market and Small Government
Why are Republicans always wrong about literally everything? Oh, that’s right. Faith-based belief system instead of a reality-based belief system.
Protecting their ridiculous regressive views of how the west was
wonexploited via cattle and oil. They all want to protect their landowners that control huge chunks of farm and grazing land, and a significant chunk of that land is used to feed cattle. Get rid of the need to feed and raise cattle and Big Donors might be upset.
“free market” republicans strike again
Freedom is when the government tells you what you’re allowed to buy (assuming it passes safety standards, anyway)
What safety standards? Those are getting the ax, too
No if you don’t want to take vaccinations or safe your guns that is up to you, security be damned
I think Desantis did this in Florida and since no one stopped it now it will traverse every red state slowly
Just like Measles.
Yeah, gotta keep slaughtering innocent animals. That’s the Murican way!
I swear the US Republicans are against anything good, literally they are biblical levels of evil.
Looks like anything that would be an improvement for people and humanity in general is severely frowned upon in some places.
well, if rich people loose money it’s bad for everyone… right? /s
Highly processed food is bad for you I’ve heard. Some people even want to ban most breakfast cereal.
Ban 75% of the grocery store, leave only meat, produce, and spices
We all know that Mississippi is one of the most rational states, so I’m sure they aren’t letting their stupid religious beliefs drive their science. /s
Science?! That’s a devil word!
I only want my meat to be raised by a cow on a feedlot while covered in manure and constantly smelling so awful, I would gag if I ever went. Then I want that cow’s greatest mental stimulation to be the one time he climbed on top of the 1 meter pile of manure and could see further than any other cow, and then proceed to stick his head back into the giant trough of corn that’s been pre-mixed with antibiotics because corn is not a natural food source for cows. That’s what meat is supposed to be, as god intended.
Let’s drink swill milk [Wikipedia] to that.
The swill milk scandal was a major adulterated food scandal in the state of New York in the 1850s. The New York Times reported an estimate that in one year, 8,000 infants died from swill milk.
Swill milk referred to milk from cows fed swill which was residual mash from nearby distilleries. The milk was whitened with plaster of Paris, thickened with starch and eggs, and hued with molasses.
Swill milk dairies were noted for their filthy conditions and overpowering stench both caused by the close confinement of hundreds (sometimes thousands) of cows in narrow stalls where, once farmers tied them, they would stay for the rest of their lives, often standing in their own manure, covered with flies and sores, and suffering from a range of virulent diseases. These cows were fed boiling distillery waste, often leaving the cows with rotting teeth and other maladies. The milk drawn from the cows was routinely adulterated with water, rotten eggs, flour, burnt sugar, and other adulterants with the finished product then marketed falsely as “pure country milk” or “Orange County Milk”.
sounds like the people owning these ‘farms’ actively try their hardest with all their might to be as evil as possible
What the absolute fuck.
Aaahhh the good ol’ 1850 to which the Republican party surely will return us by next year where rich assholes can destroy the world for an extra dollar
Thank goodness we’re firing all those wasteful government bureaucrats, who were adding red tape and keeping businesses from innovating. Soon things will be great again, like in the 1850…
Just an FYI: In Florida (at least) a similar bill was passed not because of any concerns about lab-grown meat but because loads and loads of rich people keep small amounts of cattle on their property which gives them massive property tax breaks (money that most of these counties desperately need). There’s literally over a million cows living like cow kings in Florida.
I get what you’re saying about factory farms but I just wanted to point out the truth: While those conditions are common for other farm animals I’m not aware of it being that common for cows (in the US) 🤷
As far as I know the factory farms that are like that are all related to poultry and swine (the people that run them).
While cows are not factory farmed at the same rate as other farm animals, over 70% are raised in factory farms (in the US).
Source (they used USDA data): https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/us-factory-farming-estimates
Let’s add a side of animal cruelty to all of the racism and bigotry.
Leave it to one of the lowest education scoring states, that most folks actively flee, to do some dumb shit.
For what reason? The last time a checked lab meat cost 3 thousand dollars per Kilo. Because it is still experimental. It is not like you can buy it in the supermarket.
Lab-grown meat killed my mom…true story, lab-grown meat broke into her house and stabbed her 957 times with a fork.
Lab grown meat turned me into a newt
You’re lucky, this is the 8th time lab-grown meat has killed my mother. I hope you got better.
It got better.
https://tapintoindustry.com/target-industries/food-manufacturing/
Agriculture [in Mississippi] is a major industry.
Mmmhmm. Looks like Mississippi has a cattle rancher industry association. One would imagine that that group isn’t too keen on competition from meat from a lab.
We Represent Mississippi’s Cattlemen
Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association is focused on addressing local, state and federal issues that impact the long-term viability of cattle farming in Mississippi.
From the article:
Mississippi’s agriculture commissioner, Andy Gipson, has criticized the cultivated meat industry, and he supported a 2019 bill that prevented cultivated meat products being labeled as meat in the state. In 2024 he published a post on his website that commended the cultivated meat bans in Florida and Alabama. “I want my steak to come from farm-raised beef, not a petri-dish from a lab,” he wrote.
Sounds like Mr. Gipson isn’t too keen on that lab-grown meat either. First is was just labeling, and now it’s outright banning.
Let’s look into Andy Gipson’s biography!
https://www.mdac.ms.gov/agency-info/about-andy-gipson/
Andy Gipson serves as Mississippi’s eighth Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce.
Uh huh.
Gipson has owned and managed a cattle operation in Simpson County for more than 20 years and a tree farm since 2004. He is a member of the Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association and the Simpson County Development Foundation.
Well, now, there’s a coincidence. He happens to be part of the industry and the industry advocacy association that he’s regulating. Sure is a small world!
Mississippi God Damn.
Freedom
Oh, cool. I’m sure this is exactly what the voters needed.
