The prospect of banning the sale of so-called lab-grown meat might seem like a no-brainer in Nebraska, where beef is king, but some of the proposal's staunchest opposition has come from ranchers and farming groups who say they can compete without the government’s help.

Most of the early lab-grown meats are being put into pet food. However, keep an eye on GOOD meat and Upside Foods, two companies out of California that are pioneering this kind of innovation. Many analysts looking at the U.S. food market would say that there’s big potential for lab-grown meat.

In what’s been called a world first, consumers in the UK are now able to buy a pet treat made with lab-grown meat.

Individual farmers supported a ban on lab-grown meat from Sen. Barry DeKay of Niobrara, but advocacy groups said they preferred labeling requirements proposed by Sen. Bob Andersen of La Vista.

Allusions to “Frankenstein” and “The Matrix” punctuate discussion of new law to protect “food traditions” and ban the sale of meat created in

While one group of lawmakers wants to require labels for meat and meat alternatives outside of the norm, others want to ban it from Georgia.