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Animal cells are very hard to keep alive since they are used to having blood and oxygen constantly pumping, that makes them expensive to farm. Plant cells on the other hand are very robust and survives harsh conditions, they are way cheaper to cultivate.

So if anything is worth artificial cultivation like this, it is plants like Coffee where the part we eat is a very small part of the whole plant. Then we can skip the rest of the coffee plant and just grow the beans.




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