Dinner time?

[Xittenn]

My mind has this tendency to watch evolving markets and to peer into what the future may hold or require of us. I often see one of two scenarios both leading to the same or similar solutions. The first being the contraction of society into megacities to allow for larger free ranges, parks and conservations. The other is the pure exhaustion of land in general. Both consequently limit the amount of available land for farming.

 

I often try to architect in my mind city towers. These city towers do not dedicate themselves to office or business infrastructures but instead focus on food production. I often think about this as rising food costs are narrowing the choice and the diversity of foods that I am able to routinely purchase for consumption. I was putting cows in these towers the other day and I realized how rather difficult this may be. Ultimately wouldn't it be more economical if an entire room was strictly dedicated to the production of milk sans cow? I mean the whole room could be engineered to act towards the accomplishment of milk bio-synthesis and not be over encumbered by the animal. People could still eat the meat yes, but in the end the meat could have its own room

 

So if such a system was in place and the process was fine in nature and produced some of the most exquisite tasting milk known would people drink it? I would but it would have to be specialized like any other process where certain traits would have to be developed to yield certain desired results. It would have to be a thought out process that could be graded and assessed with the same qualifiers used to describe any of the more sought after delicacies. Such and such a process yields a nutty flavour and this other bio-synthesis yields a fruity one .... The raw ingredients would have to share some of the same enthusiasm as I'm sure the people would be soured to know that their milk was simply a chemical compound mixture.

 

The thought of wood without trees came to mind soon after

[ewmon]

the contraction of society into megacities to allow for larger free ranges, parks and conservations.

Sounds like a mega version of Rural Cluster Development.

[Xittenn]

Yes, with certain clusters covered in endoplasmic reticulum ....