Grant Walling

Head of Meat Group & Senior Service Geneticist at Topigs Norsvin; lover of good farming, food and drink. (Very) Amateur triathlete. All views are my own

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Italy is set to become the first country to ban lab-grown meat and anyone caught producing or using it could face a fine of €60,000 🚨🚨🚨

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Does anyone really want fake lab-grown meat? These companies don’t share their process of what they are putting into those tanks to grow the meat.

I don’t understand where this is coming from that they think this is a market that needs to be addressed.

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

Universities would be better having trained marketing staff to share the excellent science they generate rather than offering a introverted researcher to share years of work in a 3 minute radio interview. Without this the science will lose the debate to populist opinion

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

Academics have to accept their share of failure to communicate science to the public. Focusing on journals read by academics and written in an inaccessible format for the wider public. They often struggle to explain work in an understandable format even to other academics 1/3

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

Where academics communicate to mainstream media eg. radio 4 today program, too often their message is unclear and they lack the necessary media training. In contrast NGOs and influencers run well managed campaigns with simple messages that the public can understand 2/3

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

It would therefore seem that influencers and NGOs consider their opinion is at least equivalent to peer reviewed scientific publications. After the famous “people have had enough of experts” quote during the Brexit debate it seems populist views now trump proven science (3/3)

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

Fascinating talk highlighting the state of science globally this week by @fleroy1974 at #icomst2023 growing evidence that scientific journals are censoring what they will publish especially if it goes against popular opinion from NGOs or influencers (1/3)

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

Livestock production and meat consumption are a major target. It would seem it is easier to publish scientific papers and get publicity if your conclusions are that meat is bad/unhealthy/bad for the environment than an alternative finding (2/3)

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

Obviously a quality listen with great presenters.

[Topigs Norsvin @TopigsNorsvin]

Carcasses become 0.5 kg/1.1 lbs heavier every year. This leads to challenges for processors. In this Topigs Norsvin podcast, Meat Scientist Matt Schulte & Grant Walling, Head of Meat Group, discuss this challenge & solutions. Listen on your fav app or https://t.co/6gSmP1q7ic

[Topigs Norsvin @TopigsNorsvin]

Carcasses become 0.5 kg/1.1 lbs heavier every year. This leads to challenges for processors. In this Topigs Norsvin podcast, Meat Scientist Matt Schulte & Grant Walling, Head of Meat Group, discuss this challenge & solutions. Listen on your fav app or https://t.co/6gSmP1q7ic

[minette batters @Minette_Batters]

Going through endless press cuttings as I start to draft my book proposal; there’s a litany of broken promises. It was on this day last year that our now PM, Rishi Sunak committed to setting a new statutory #SelfSufficiency target for food production. It’s still yet to happen…..

[AHDB @TheAHDB]

"Eating less meat 'like taking 8m cars off road'".

AHDB is disappointed to see this headline and a study from @UniofOxford @oxfutureoffood @Pete_Scarbs conveying simplistic conclusions to a very complex topic. Here's everything that's wrong with it 👇🧵

[Topigs Norsvin @TopigsNorsvin]

Last week, Grant Walling, Senior Service Geneticist/Head of Meat Group at Topigs Norsvin was a speaker at a Pig Progress/All About Feed webinar on meat quality. Watch the webinar for free on-demand.
https://t.co/zCylqtUvoB

[Topigs Norsvin @TopigsNorsvin]

Topigs Norsvin initiated new research projects to understand how genetics contribute to maximizing the shelf life of pork. This benefits our retail partners & contributes to a better image of pork for the consumer. Meat scientist Matt Schulte explains: https://t.co/YvpnJjniQK

[The Risk-Monger @zaruk]

How obsessed do you have to be to organise a week of campaigns against perhaps the most benign pesticide? For #StopGlyphosateWeek, PanEurope has a GoFundMe site (€10 Tjerk???), flying in victims from the US, a taxpayer-funded report...
It's not about ecology, it's about winning.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Last night I ate my first 3-D constructed steak, made entirely from plants, at the great Chouchou restaurant in Stockholm. It's astonishing. The texture's exactly right and the taste is excellent.
This is *before* we have precision fermented proteins, encapsulated fats and heme.

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

@TopigsNorsvin The stand was never quiet all week! #topigsnorsvin #eurotier2022

[Topigs Norsvin @TopigsNorsvin]

Melanie Gockel, Marketing and Communication Manager for @topigsnorsvin_deutschland, about @eutotier_tradefair 2022: "It's a surprisingly good exhibition! The interest in Eurotier and the Topigs Norsvin stand over exceeds all our expectations." You can visit us at hall 15 stand 7.

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

@gileschristie Giles what condition were they entering farrowing or is this just good lactation feed intake? GTS team at Topigs Norsvin are hugely impressed

[Giles.Christie @gileschristie]

Batch of TN70 1st parity animals.

1 week after weaning having weaned 13.5

Got to be pleased with the condition of these…..👌👍

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

@Rlscians1 However the genetic improvement was based around improvements in residual feed intake which makes it difficult to understand exactly what is happening (which part of the ratio are you influencing and to what degree?).

[Grant Walling @Grant_Walling]

Advice from the questioner for Boris Molina. Don’t use ratio traits like residual feed intake as it is a road to madness!! #WCGALP2022