What would the end of animal farming look like?

A few weeks ago I wrote about cultured meat, and the potential for a dramatically reduced livestock sector in the future. As usual with this topic, it garnered a few disapproving comments. Some people don’t like the fakeness of it all. Some can’t get past the idea that it would be easier just to eat less meat. And then there’s this one: what about the poor farm animals?

To paraphrase one comment on Twxtter, how can cultured meat be considered ethical when it would cause farm animals to die ou...