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Well hello from the hills of Greater Manchester you

lovely curious-minded people. Today you join me and my dog Herbert on a stroll

close to where I live. We are currently right next to a field of quite

contented-looking cows, grazing away making the most of what is quite a rare dry day.

Now this is what I picture when I think of livestock farming, cows or sheep,

wandering around munching grass in a field. But today we're focusing on a very

different kind of meat production, something that looks nothing like this familiar scene.

We're going to take an in-depth look at lab-grown meat, real animal meat that's grown

outside of an animal. It actually goes by a few different names, cultivated meat,

cultured meat, in vitro meat, even synthetic meat. Whatever you call it, the

industry claims it could be a game changer, not just economically, but for feeding the planet in a sustainable way.

But are the claims too good to be true? That's what we're going to try to figure out on inside science.

Now the UK has recently become the first European country to approve the use of lab-grown meat specifically for pet food.

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