Food Engineering as a Potential Solution for Mitigating of the Detrimental Effects of Livestock Production

Global demand for meat is on the rise. Increase in livestock production is the first but not the best solution to supply this demand. Livestock production leads to an increase in the greenhouse gasses, causing global warming and climate change, which also has a negative impact on the livestock breeding. Thus, scientists have concentrated on the production of in vitro-engineered meat which could be tasty, healthy and environmental friendly to substitute livestock meat. In this article, the environmental impacts of livestock production system on the climate change, water quality and public health are discussed, and then the artificial meat production technology, its benefits, challenges and consumer’s reactions are reviewed.