Don't Ditch Nature in Favor of Fake Food

It's far riskier and less ecofriendly than you're being told, worse than factory-farmed meats. They even boast of its GE components and say they're fine to eat.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Industrial agriculture is one of the most unsustainable practices of modern civilization, but the answer is not to replace farms with chemistry labs. Grasslands are key to fixing many environmental problems, and herbivores are a necessary part of this ecosystem

• Meat substitutes often require water, chemicals and fossil fuel inputs, and i…