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Americans, especially millennials, are embracing plant-based meat products

  • Written by Sheril Kirshenbaum, Associate Research Scientist, Michigan State University
Soy-based Impossible Whoppers went on sale at Burger King stores across the US in August 2019.AP Photo/Ben Margot

By 2050, many scientists estimate that the world food supply will have to increase sharply from today’s level to meet anticipated demand from a global population of 9 to 10 billion people. Meanwhile, the coming decades are...

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