If you’re avoiding meat purely for ethical reasons, take a closer look at the practices of the specific company you want to try a product from before buying. Many still use fetal bovine serum to grow their meat, meaning it’s still reliant on industrial ranching and the slaughter of animals.

Some companies are working to remove the need for FBS. Without this step, lab grown meat isn’t really an improvement, though it is an incremental step away from the harms caused by industrial ranching.