I listened to Bill Gates, an obvious agriculture and science expert, proclaim that we should consume nothing but synthetic beef. It tastes different, he proclaimed, but you'll get used to it. Reminds me of the old poster "Eat crap. 10 zillion flies can't be wrong." How does the industry combat this lunacy? There are many, many folks out there that take what he said as gospel. Will we get to the point where we can go to Walmart, purchase a junior science set, drop a few "seeds" in a test tube, and grill our "steaks" later that day? It is of great comfort to me that Cory Booker, an avowed vegan, serves on the Senate Ag. Committee. Our national and state cattle associations collect a lot of our money. Looks to me that they have their work cut out for them.