Pillen Signs DeKay’s Legislation to Prohibit Cultivated Protein

Nebraska bans cultivated meat production

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen has signed a bill that bans the production, sale, promotion, and distribution of cultivated (lab-grown) meat within the state.

Pillen signs DeKay’s legislation to prohibit cultivated protein

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has signed Legislative Bill 246 into law, which prohibits cultivated-protein food products under the Nebraska Pure Food Act.

'Fake meat' is banned in Nebraska

On Tuesday, Gov. Jim Pillen signed a bill into law that he said is needed to protect Nebraska's livestock producers from competition with "fake meat."

New study reveals that beef, lamb, milk and eggs are most vulnerable to lab-grown competition

A new study by The James Hutton Institute and Norway’s Ruralis Institute for Rural and Regional Research has shown that beef, lamb, milk and eggs are more vulnerable to market competition from lab-grown alternatives than chicken and pork.   The study, which was funded by the Research Council of Norway and is believed to be the first of its kind, was designed to explore the socio-economic consequences of cultivated (lab-grown) proteins and a carb…

Number Of New Laws Should Be Noted In Washington

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen sits in his office in the Nebraska State Capitol. To his right is Daisy, a chocolate lab in Pillen’s family, April 29, 2025. (Zach Wendling / Nebraska Examiner) By George AyoubNebraska ExaminerThe Nebraska Legislature last week sent 31 bills to Gov. Jim Pillen for his signature to transform them into state laws. If you’re keeping score at home (Pro tip: You should be.), that’s nearly six times more than the U.S. Congres…

Banning lab-grown meat is stupid

If you want an example of why I am fundamentally out of sympathy with the American conservative movement, Montana banning the manufacture or sale of lab-grown meat is a good one. When Ron DeSantis did this last year, I thought it was perhaps eccentricity on his part, just him being a little extra on the culture war to try to keep himself relevant. But Alabama and Mississippi have now banned lab-grown meat, and the state legislature in Nebraska i…