There’s been a big shift in the food freedom movement—and it’s not just about meat. This week, South Dakota officially banned the use of state funds for the research, production, promotion, and sale of lab-grown meat. That’s right—lab-grown meat, or LGM, just hit a major roadblock in one of the most agriculturally rich states in the country. Could this be the beginning of a bigger shift? Is the world finally starting to see through the illusion of synthetic food?
Because let’s be honest—no amount of high-tech equipment or synthetic replication can ever recreate the nutritional complexity and life-giving properties of real food. No lab-grown steak will ever replace one from a pasture-raised cow. No synthetic “milk” can mimic what a human mother produces naturally. Real nourishment is still found in nature, not inside a petri dish.
Here’s why this move matters—and why it might just be the first domino to fall.
BREAKING: South Dakota Bans Lab-Grown Meat
South Dakota just passed legislation that prohibits the use of state resources for anything related to lab-grown meat. This means no taxpayer dollars will go toward research, development, promotion, or sale of these synthetic products. The bill sends a clear message: South Dakota stands with its ranchers and farmers, and it believes in the value of real food from the land—not from a lab.
This isn’t just a symbolic gesture. It’s a powerful pushback against a growing global movement that seeks to replace animal foods with biotech “alternatives.” And it may inspire other states to take similar action, defending traditional agriculture and calling out the safety concerns, ethical red flags, and nutritional gaps surrounding lab-grown meat.
RFK Jr. Weighs In: Health Concerns Are Real
In a recent tweet, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. echoed what many scientists have been quietly admitting for years: lab-grown meat comes with serious health risks and unanswered questions. The manufacturing process involves immortalized cell lines (yes, cancerous by definition), fetal bovine serum, and synthetic growth factors. None of these belong in the human diet.
Yet despite all this, biotech firms continue pushing the narrative that lab-grown meat is the future—clean, green, and humane. But real food isn’t just about avoiding harm. It’s about nourishing life. And RFK Jr.’s comments point us back toward a common-sense truth: until we fully understand the long-term health effects, we shouldn’t be normalizing the consumption of these experimental products.
You Can’t Replicate a Cow in a Lab
Cows grazing on regenerative pastures are more than just meat producers. They’re part of an ancient and intelligent system—rebuilding soil, cycling nutrients, and creating food that is complete, bioavailable, and deeply nourishing.
But somewhere along the way, humans looked at this symbiotic relationship and thought, “We can do better in a lab.” That hubris has led to products that are ultra-processed, lacking vital nutrients like B12, iron, creatine, and taurine, and far removed from the ecosystems that support life. It’s not just about what’s on your plate. It’s about what happens behind the scenes—something no lab-grown substitute can ever replicate.
Health Tip: Don’t Take Health Advice from Billionaires Who Think the World Has Too Many People
When billionaires like Bill Gates tell you what to eat, you might want to ask why. Gates is one of the largest private farmland owners in the U.S. and has backed numerous synthetic food startups, including lab-grown meat and artificial breast milk. At the same time, he’s openly expressed concerns about global overpopulation.
So ask yourself: are these innovations about health—or about control? Are we really being “saved” from climate collapse—or being nudged into dependence on centralized, patentable food systems? Real health advice should come from those who care about freedom, nourishment, and the long-term wellbeing of future generations. Not from those who view people as carbon footprints.
Lab-Grown Breastmilk Startup Goes Bust
It’s not just synthetic meat on the chopping block. Biomilq, a lab-grown breastmilk startup backed by—you guessed it—Bill Gates, just went bankrupt. After years of funding and PR hype, it turns out that recreating the incredibly complex composition of breastmilk is, well, not so easy.
Breastmilk contains living cells, antibodies, bioactive enzymes, microbiome-supportive factors, and hormones that no synthetic version can mimic. It adapts to the needs of the baby in real-time, and no lab can replicate that. Biomilq's failure is a glaring example of what happens when we try to engineer nature rather than support it.
Nothing Beats the Real Thing
Let’s get one thing straight: no lab-grown product will ever come close to the real deal. Whether it's a sizzling steak, pasture-raised eggs, a nutrient-packed Carnivore Bar, or a mother breastfeeding her child—these are life-giving foods that evolved alongside humans for millennia.
They don’t come with side effects or unknowns. They don’t require patented bioreactors or industrial waste streams. They come from the Earth, from animals raised with care, and from the biological intelligence of life itself. You can’t replicate that. You can only respect it—or ignore it at your own risk.
Final Thoughts
South Dakota’s stand against lab-grown meat might seem small, but it’s symbolic of something much bigger: a return to food sovereignty, ancestral wisdom, and the deep knowing that real health cannot be manufactured. More people are waking up. More states may follow. And as long as we keep choosing real food—steak, eggs, Carnivore Bars, and all—we’ll continue to move in the right direction.
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Kennedy, Robert F. Jr. “Lab-grown meat is a disaster for your health.” Twitter/X, 2024, https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr
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South Dakota Legislature. “An Act to Prohibit the Use of State Funds for the Development or Promotion of Cultivated Meat.” South Dakota State Legislature, 2024.
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Arévalo, Claudia. “Biomilq, Gates-Backed Lab-Grown Breast Milk Company, Ceases Operations.” The Epoch Times, 2024.
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Ghosh, Sourish. “The Hidden Dangers of Cultivated Meat: What We Don’t Know Could Hurt Us.” Nature Food, vol. 3, no. 6, 2022, pp. 445–452.
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Palmer, James. “Why Breast Milk Can’t Be Replicated in a Lab.” Scientific American, 2023.