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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Kalama port drops
methanol shoreline
permit appeal
Future of meat found in petri dish?
Produced
with stem cell
technology
appeal when it learned
recently that the reduction
requirements apply only to
the plant, not its docks.
The permit still faces a
challenge by Columbia Riv-
erkeeper, Sierra Club and the
Center for Biological Diver-
sity. Their appeal argues the
shoreline permits “fail to
address threats to climate,
safety and public health.”
The same groups, rep-
resented by attorneys from
Earthjustice, have also ap-
pealed the adequacy of the en-
vironmental impact statement
of the project last October.
Associated Press
LONGVIEW,
Wash.
— The Port of Kalama is
dropping its appeal of the
state’s shoreline permit for
the Kalama methanol plant,
removing a major challenge
to the permit.
The Columbian reported
the port had opposed the per-
mit because offi cials worried
it would require the port to
reduce greenhouse gas emis-
sions at its marine terminal,
which would serve the meth-
anol plant.
The port dropped the
By ALIYA HALL
EO Media Group
By the year 2021, a San
Francisco company says some
meat production will look
different.
Very different.
Instead of animals being
raised on ranches, meat will
also be produced in laboratory
petri dishes.
Variously called “clean”
meat or “cultured” meat, it
is produced using stem cell
technology.
Memphis Meats in San
Fransisco and Cultured Beef in
the Netherlands plan to com-
pete with traditional meat for
a spot in grocers’ refrigerators.
“We’re going to bring meat
to the plate in a more sustain-
able, affordable and delicious
way,” said Dr. Uma Valeti,
co-founder and CEO of Mem-
phis Meats, in a press release.
“Meat demand is growing rap-
idly around the world. We
want the world to keep eating
what it loves.
However, he said, “The
way conventional meat is pro-
duced today creates challenges
for the environment, animal
welfare and human health.”
In 2016, the Americans ate
25.6 billion pounds of beef,
according to the National Cat-
tlemen’s Beef Association,
Oregon drivers warned to
expect fi re-caused delays
using a pilot car to direct
two-way traffi c because of
fi refi ghting efforts.
The delays are expected
to continue through the
weekend as temperatures rise
and the fi re danger increases.
Motorists are urged to be
careful driving through or
parking near dry grass or
brush. Hot exhaust pipes can
start grass fi res.
ODOT says motorists plan-
ning to travel over the Cas-
cades should visit TripCheck.
com before hitting the road.
Associated Press
PORTLAND — The Ore-
gon Department of Transpor-
tation warns drivers to expect
wildfi re-related delays when
traveling between central
Oregon and the Willamette
Valley during the Labor Day
weekend.
Fires are burning from
Detroit Lake to Sisters, and
the busy U.S. 20 corridor
over Santiam Pass has been
particularly active. Just west
of the pass, ODOT has been
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whose members raise most of
the nation’s cattle.
The World Health Organi-
zation estimates that today 70
percent of arable land world-
wide is used for livestock agri-
culture, and in 2050 meat con-
sumption will be 70 percent
higher than it currently is.
“That would mean that
we don’t have enough land
on the planet to increase
livestock volume to match
that demand,” Mark Post, a
researcher at Cultured Beef,
said on the company’s website.
The process of produc-
ing cultured meat starts with
removing specifi c muscle
stem cells — undifferentiated
cells that can turn into spe-
cialized cells — from a cow,
a harmless procedure resem-
bling a blood draw.
The stem cells then divide
to give researchers trillions of
cells from the original sam-
ple. After enough cells have
grown, they are assembled in
groups of 1.5 million cells to
form small muscle tissue, sim-
ilar to muscle fi bers in steak.
From 10,000 of those
fi bers, a patty can be formed
by adding salt, breadcrumbs
and binder, according to Post.
The process takes four to six
weeks.
“We are currently focus-
ing on hamburgers because
we rely on self-organization
of the muscle cells to form
muscle tissue or fi bers,” Post
said. “That process results in
small tissues that are large
enough for minced meat
applications, which accounts
for 50 percent of the meat
market.”
Memphis Meats can now
grow a pound of meat for less
than $2,400 — a steep drop
from the $18,000 it took to
produce it in 2016. The com-
pany was co-founded in 2015
by Valeti and Nicholas Geno-
vese, who is also the chief
security offi cer.
$10 per hamburger
Post expects the price
to be about $10 per ham-
burger once the production
is at scale. As technology
improves, however, it will
come down further to a price
that’s competitive with beef,
the company predicts.
Post joined Netherland
research teams in 2007, after
gaining funding from the
Dutch government. Even
though the grant expired in
2009, Post continues to work
on cultured meat through the
Cultured Beef company.
In 2016, the cattle industry
was second among Oregon’s
agricultural
commodities,
bringing in $701.2 million.
Food waste
Rosa is also concerned
about the food waste issue if
cultured meat were to gain
momentum. Byproducts from
food processing and even mak-
ing beer are now fed to cattle.
“These
(food
waste)
byproducts are fed to cattle. If
there’s not a demand for cattle
feed out there, these products
are going in the landfi ll,” he
said. “We’re taking food waste
products and turning them into
fi rst-class protein to feed peo-
ple; that’s a signifi cant envi-
ronmental benefi t.”
He used malts as an exam-
ple. The microbrewery indus-
try is a large business sector in
Oregon, and the malt from the
breweries goes to feed cattle.
Rosa also said that ranch-
ers are able to “make food and
protein to feed the world on
land that is unusable for other
food production.”
“Fundamentally the dis-
cussion has led to: We really
believe that meat comes from
an animal raised by a farmer or
rancher — there’s no substitute
for that,” he said.
Local offi ces close for Labor Day
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Maegan Murray
Instead of animals being raised on ranches, meat will also
be produced in laboratory petri dishes.
Nationally, the industry had
sales of $64.4 billion.
Post said surveys in Euro-
pean countries and the U.S.
have shown that 20 to 50 per-
cent of consumers are will-
ing to try cultured meat, but
Jerome Rosa, executive direc-
tor of the Oregon Cattlemen’s
Association, hasn’t seen any
data to prove that traditional
meat eaters will switch to cul-
tured meat.
“I fi nd it hard to believe; I
think that’s a real stretch,” he
said. “Consumers seem to be
moving towards an anti-lab
sentiment. All the concerns
we hear about anti-GMOs, and
with the continued increase
of organic products out there,
we see an increase in natural.
To come out with a petri-dish
product, it’s something that
seems to not be the direction of
what consumers are wanting.”
In observance of Labor
Day on Monday, all federal,
state, county and city offi ces
and services, including Asto-
ria, Warrenton, Gearhart, Sea-
side and Cannon Beach city
halls, are closed. All U.S. post
offi ces are closed, and there is
no mail delivery.
Astoria, Jewell, Knappa,
Warrenton/Hammond, Sea-
side (including Cannon Beach
and Gearhart schools) and
Ocean Beach School District
schools and Clatsop Commu-
nity College are closed.
The Astoria Library, Sea-
side Library, Warrenton
Library and all Timberland
libraries in Washington state,
including Ilwaco, Ocean Park
and Naselle, are closed.
The Port of Astoria offi ces
and services are closed.
Garbage collection through
Recology Western Oregon
(covering Astoria, Seaside,
Gearhart and Cannon Beach),
city of Warrenton garbage col-
lection, and Peninsula San-
itation (covering the Long
Beach, Washington, Penin-
sula) are not affected by the
holiday. Recology Western
Oregon’s transfer station and
Peninsula Sanitation’s transfer
station are open.
The Sunset Pool in Sea-
side is open from 5:45 a.m.
to 1 p.m. The Astoria Aquatic
Center is open from 5 a.m.
to 4 p.m., then is closed until
Sept. 17 for maintenance.
The Clatsop County Her-
itage Museum, Oregon Film
Museum and Flavel House
are open from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and the Carriage House
is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. The Uppertown Fire-
fi ghters’ Museum is closed.
Capt. Gray’s Port of Play
and Lil’ Sprouts are closed
through Monday. Fort Clatsop
is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Columbia River Mari-
time Museum is open from
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Sea-
side Museum is closed.
Sunset Empire Transporta-
tion (“The Bus”) is running.
The Daily Astorian offi ces
are closed, but the newspaper
printed and delivered as usual.
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LOTTERIES
DEATH
Aug. 30, 2017
REED, Ancil Jean, 93, of Warrenton, died in Seaside.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary & Crematory in Astoria/Sea-
side is in charge of the arrangements.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Port of Astoria Commis-
sion, 4 p.m., Port offices,
10 Pier 1 Suite 209.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District Board, 6
p.m., 34583 U.S. Highway
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sn-snow, i-ice.
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Astoria City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane
St.
Cannon Beach City Coun-
cil, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower St.
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