The Week contest — Lab burgers
What appetizing brand name would you give a lab-grown burger?
Last week's question: A Brooklyn startup called Modern Meadow has secured a $10 million investment to help it "grow" meat in the laboratory, using animal muscle cells obtained through painless biopsies. What appetizing brand name would you give a lab-grown burger?
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: PETA Patty
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Caroline Mancl, Stoughton, Wis.
SECOND PLACE: Pharm to Table
Lydia Sannella, Mill Valley, Calif.
THIRD PLACE: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butchered
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Caroline Kerner, Philadelphia
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Shamburger
Janine Witte, New Hope, Pa.
Chronic Vegetative Steak
Ben Saketkhou, Boca Raton, Fla.
A Chip Off The Old Livestock
J. Craig Hill, Johns Creek, Ga.
No Moos is Good Moos
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
Filet Mignone
John Kalata Sr., Erie, Pa.
The Re-Animeater
Jonathan Sternberg, Burlington, Vt.
The Heisenburger
Eileen Ert, Jenkintown, Pa.
The No Murder Burger
Patricia Walters, Tampa, Fla.
No-Cow-Know-How
Nancy Wilder, Rochester, N.Y.
Phony Baloney
Steve Cook, Wilmington, Del.
A Big Mock
James Haley, Pittsford, Vt.
Mac to the Future
Diane Brooks, Seattle
No Bull Burger
Charles Tebo, Tuscaloosa, Ala.