WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

Part 1

Please complete before or after the workshop interaction.

Assuming that cultured meat is not widely adopted anywhere in the world, what changes would you expect to see in the United States by 2050? (For example, changes in food supply, religion, education, family structures, etc.)

Surely, there will be all sorts of stresses as the global population increases, as climate change impacts food production, as water resources are stressed, etc. These challenges will play a role in impacting social relations, politics, etc. Cultured meat and other technological innovations are likely to play a significant role in the future.

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Part 2Social Narrative

Please complete part 2, 3, or 4 (or any combination) after the workshop interaction.

What social changes might occur in the United States if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050? What concerns do you have about such a future?

I am not especially concerned about this issue. My sense is that we will see increasing sensitivity and expansion of ethical concerns as regards sentient beings, especially higher order mammals (cows, etc.). We may even see widespread acceptance of rights for animals and with this various mechanisms, legal and social, to minimize the pain of animals and possibly even protect some from killing for the purpose of food.

Part 3Specific Social Impacts

Please complete part 2, 3, or 4 (or any combination) after the workshop interaction.

What do think are the most importantchanges that could arise in the United States if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050?

Reduced suffering for animals; more efficient, less energy and resource intensive meat production; increase in capacity to feed large populations; growth of meat industry as specialty luxury element of the economy with wide divergence of costs and quality.

Food

In terms of food and the food system in general, what changes might occur in the United States if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050? Some factors to consider might be:

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

  • Food prices
  • Cuisine diversity
  • Cuisine quality
  • Food consumption patterns (quantitative or qualitative differences)
  • Vegetarian or vegan diets
  • Food security

  • Food system sustainability
  • Food system resilience: the ability of a system to maintain its functions and structure in the face of internal and external change (e.g., drought or rising energy prices) and to degrade gracefully when it must

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

All of the above. Greater efficiency, less resource use, increase in respect for animal well-being, increased food security in US and abroad, broad divergence in cuisine issues with multiple new markets developing.

Human Health

What changes in human health and nutrition might occur in the United States if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050? Some factors to consider might be:

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

  • Obesity
  • Malnourishment
  • Life expectancy
  • Health expenditure per capita

  • Infectious diseases
  • Food-borne illnesses
  • Cancer rates
  • Mental health

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

Yes, big changes. But will food and medicine become the same or similar such that we will produce foods designed to address our specific physiological needs. That is, someone with a tendency towards high blood pressure will buy a burger designed for him/her? Yet, surelky there are risks associated with these changes, some we may conceptualize now and others that will arise as cultured meat becomes more prevalent.

Family and Education

What changes in family dynamics and education might occur in the United States if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050? Some factors to consider might be:

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

  • Family size
  • Marriage rate

  • School graduation rate
  • Standardized test scores

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

I doubt that cultured meat will be all that significant as regards these issues.

Ethics and Culture

What shifts in ethics and culture might occur in the United States if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050? Some factors to consider might be social trust and social tolerance.

Social trust? Social tolerance? I doubt any change in meat consumption can have these impacts. However there will be a direct correlation between new and emerging ideas of animal ethics in relation to cultured meat.

Do you think cultured meat could have an impact on the cultural identity of some groups? If so, what groups and how could they be impacted?

Demographics and General Statistics

What changes in population dynamics might occur in the United States if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050? Some factors to consider might be:

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

  • Population and growth rate
  • Median age
  • Fertility rate (births per woman)
  • Immigration
  • Urban population
  • Poverty rate and the poor
  • Income per capita
  • Employment patterns
  • Income equality (GINI index)
  • Gender equity (wages and leadership roles)
  • Leisure time

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WORKSHOP QUESTIONNAIREParticipant: W3-11

IRB Approval Date: 1/17/2013

IRB Protocol #: 1301008706

Global Impacts

What global changes might occur if cultured meat generally replaced traditional meat products by 2050?

What effects do you think the availability of cultured meat would have on developing nations, particularly global poverty and/or hunger?

Part 4Social Indicators

Please complete part 2, 3, or 4 (or any combination) after the workshop interaction.

Please fill in values for factors of interest, indicating whether they will increase or decrease, and the importance of change.

Factors of interest / Present state / No cultured meat in 2050( -- ) / All cultured meat in 2050( -- ) / Importance of change
1 = very important
2 = important
3 = trivial
Food in General
Food prices, weekly food cost of a nutritious diet, family of 4 in 2010 (USCB) / $221 / up / same / 2
Cuisinediversity (qualitative index) / 100 / up / down / 2
Cuisinequality (qualitative index) / 100 / same / down / 2
Consumption, avg Cal/day (USDA) / 2067 / same / same / 3
Food insecure households, 2009 (UCSB) / 14.7% / up / down / 1
Food system resilience (index) / 100 / down / up / 1
Food system sustainability (index) / 100 / down / up / 1
Fill in additional factors here
Human Health
General nutrition (index) / 100 / same / same / 2
Overweight population, 2007-2008 (USCB) / 67% / same / same / 2
Undernourished population (WB) / 5% / same / down / 1
Life expectancy at birth (WB) / 78 / same / same / 2
Health expenditure per capita, 2009 (USCB) / 7,578 / up / up / 1
Food-borne illnesses, 2011 (FoodNet) / 18,964 / same / down / 2
Cancer, new cases, 2010 (USCB) / 1.53 million / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Suicides (mental health), per 100,000 persons (WB) / 4.9 / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Family Education / I don’t believe that any of these issues will be impacted by the cultured meat issue
Avg family size, 2011 (USCB) / 3.25 / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Married population, 2011 (USCB) / 48.3% / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
High school completion rate, 2011 (USCB) / 85.9% / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Avg SAT Critical Reading Score, 2011 (IES) / 497 / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Avg SAT Math Score, 2011 (IES) / 514 / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Avg SAT Writing Score, 2011 (IES) / 489 / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Ethics and culture / I don’t believe that any of these issues will be impacted by the cultured meat issue
Social trust, people expressing high level of trust in others, 2008 (OECD) / 49% / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Community tolerance index of minority groups, 2010 (OECD) / 76% / same / same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Demographics and General Statistics / I don’t believe that any of these issues will be impacted by the cultured meat issue
Population, 2010 (USCB) / 308.7 million / Same / Same / 3 (in relation to this issue)
Population growth rate (WB) / 0.7% / “ / “ / “
Median age, 2010 (USCB) / 37.22 / “ / “ / “
Urban population (WB) / 44.7% / “ / “ / “
Net migration (WB) / 4.95 million / “ / “ / “
Fertility rate, births per woman (WB) / 2.1 / “ / “ / “
Poverty rate, 2011 (USCB) / 15.9% / “ / “ / “
Income equality between rich and poor, GINI index, 2011 (USCB). 0 = perfect equality; 1 = maximum inequality / 0.475 / “ / “ / “
Gross national income per capita (WB) / 48,620 / “ / “ / “
Labor force participation rate, 2011 (USCB) / 64% / “ / “ / “
Unemployment rate, Jan 2013(BLS) / 7.9% / “ / “ / “
Gender equity, women’s earningsas % of men’s, 2010 (BLS) / 81% / “ / “ / “
Leisure time, avg hours per day, 2011 (BLS) / 5.21 / “ / “ / “
General happiness, % of population reporting they are “Very Happy”, 2006 (NORC) / 32.4% / “ / “ / “
Global Impacts
Global poverty headcount ratio, 2008 (% of people living on < $1.25 per day, WB) / 22.4% / down / down / 1
Undernourished population (WB) / 12.7% / down / down / 1

BLS = US Bureau of Labor Statistics

IES = Institute of Educational Sciences

NORC = National Opinion Research Center

USCB = US Census Bureau

USDA = US Department of Agriculture

WB = World Bank

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