Season 2 idea: meat rendering plant and agricultural farm on Discovery

[johnjm22]

This is a really convincing argument- but how do we reconcile the fact that in Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country, we clearly see a fully operational kitchen, where people are making things with ingredients? There is also what appears to be a frozen turkey sitting out on a countertop. If it were possible to replicate or 3D print food, why would they need an entire turkey? Let alone individual ingredients? You could just print out the whole dinner and be done with it.

Just because food can be synthesized, doesn't mean it won't need to be cooked and prepared. When you buy synthesized meat you still have to cook it.

There's a lot of skill, artistry, fun and even a ritualistic aspect to food preparation. People like doing it so there's no reason to think chefs and kitchens will go away because of synthesized food.

On TNG they still play classical instruments and read books. People today do lots of things that tech has made obsolete.

But I like your idea in theory. Trek needs to be the future but still tie itself to the problems, tech and science of today so it can explore contemporary issues. Sort of like how the Orville had an episode dealing with social media.

 

[PicardSpeedo]

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Edit: I see synthetic meat has already been pointed out.

You're right, lab-grown meat does exist even now. And about 7 years ago, Japanese scientists figured out how to convert turd into meat as well.

 

[Guy Gardener]

How about a story about the last rendering plant in the Federation.

The end of (human) carnavorism.

 

[Nerys Myk]

How about a story about the last rendering plant in the Federation.

The end of (human) carnavorism.

Once again the Homo Sapiens only club raises it's head.

 

[XCV330]

I'm copywriting Beefalo Birthday Barbeque, now

 

[Guy Gardener]

Once again the Homo Sapiens only club raises it's head.

Imagine the scandal on Qo'noS if some clever businessperson was selling veges, but pretending it was meat AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS!

Is it possible that vegetarianism is a condition of Federation Membership?

 

[CaptainMurdock]

It could be cool to see how Sherman's planet works given all the troubles it's had in TOS and TAS respectively.

 

[Lord Garth]

I almost never eat meat but, about 15 years ago, I went to an Asian restaurant in Boston where the only "meat" they had was vegan meat. It was pretty good. Whether or not this will convert an entire population over, remains to be seen. They might be there by the time of TOS/DSC but, if "Broken Bow" is anything to go by in ENT, they weren't there yet as late as 10 years before the Federation was founded.

You're right, lab-grown meat does exist even now. And about 7 years ago, Japanese scientists figured out how to convert turd into meat as well.

The quickest way to get me not to eat something is to tell me it's shit.

 

[XCV330]

Imagine the scandal on Qo'noS if some clever businessperson was selling veges, but pretending it was meat AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS!

Is it possible that vegetarianism is a condition of Federation Membership?

Seems like Klingons like eating worms more than mammals, though.
Maybe they're all ethical "I don't eat anything with a face, unless that face is a delicious Captain Georgiou face" types.