While corporate elites and globalist tech firms try to replace America’s food supply with lab-engineered slop, one red-state governor is standing tall for tradition, agriculture, and common sense. Nebraska’s Republican Governor Jim Pillen just made it crystal clear: if it’s grown in a lab, it’s not welcome in the Cornhusker State.
In a move largely ignored by the mainstream media, Pillen signed into law **LB246** in May 2025 — a landmark bill that **bans the production, sale, promotion, and distribution of lab-grown meat** in Nebraska. The legislation delivers a clear message to the Silicon Valley types pushing artificial meat: Nebraska chooses ranchers, not reactors.
“These products are grown from harvested cells in bioreactor machines,” Pillen warned. “The health consequences are unknown, and so are the long-term effects to consumers.” And he’s right. Americans should be wary of the so-called “ethical” meat being pushed by the same class of people who think we should swap burgers for bugs to “save the planet.”
Governor Pillen, a veterinarian and former pork producer, isn’t buying into the utopian promises of cultured meat either — and neither are the people of Nebraska. “When I stood in front of a group of producers and ag business owners yesterday and announced my intention to sign this legislation,” he said, “I was met with applause.”
That’s no surprise. Nebraska is cattle country, and its proud agricultural legacy is not something ranchers are willing to hand over to biotech billionaires or eco-extremists. For them, this isn’t just about food — it’s about livelihoods, land, and liberty.
Let’s be clear about what lab-grown meat actually is: it’s not a veggie burger or plant-based patty. It’s **cell-cultured tissue**, grown in sterile vats, engineered in labs, and manufactured by companies with more experience writing software than raising livestock. And yet, Big Food and Big Tech want you to believe this Frankenstein food is the future.
But conservatives aren’t falling for it. They’ve raised the alarm on everything from the **ethical gray areas** — like extracting cells from live animals — to **the disastrous economic impact** it could have on the ranching industry. And now, red states are responding.
Pillen’s ban builds on **Executive Order 24-09**, which already prohibited Nebraska state agencies from purchasing lab-grown meat and required contractors to pledge neutrality toward natural meat producers. In other words, Nebraska isn’t just talking the talk — it’s walking the walk.
Governor Pillen summed it up best in a post on X:
“If it’s grown in a lab, then it’s not real meat. It’s a science experiment… Bio-reactor junk meat won’t be grown or sold in Nebraska.”
In a time when the left wants to regulate family farms out of existence while handing the food supply over to global corporations, Gov. Pillen’s leadership is a welcome breath of fresh air. He’s defending real food, real people, and a real way of life.
