Will Coggin representing the Center for Consumer Freedom recently appeared before the American Legislative Exchange Council, a group representing conservative state lawmakers. At issue was an attempt to solicit an endorsement by Food Solution Action, a lobbying group representing aspirant manufacturers of cell-cultured meat and plant-based alternative to real meat and poultry. This group presented a case for alternatives to real meat based on the principle of “consumer freedom”.
Lawmakers were not buying their presentation and voted against endorsing alternatives to real meat based on obvious safety concerns and the needs of their respective constituencies. Many conservative lawmakers with libertarian orientation represent supporters and voters engaged in beef, pork and poultry production. Politicians recognize that intensive livestock production makes 
available quality protein at an acceptable price, generates jobs and is integral to the agricultural economy of the U.S.