Protein Farms

Not every Night Citizen knows (and few probably even think about it all), but most of the stuff they call "meat" actually comes from protein farms. No matter if it's "beef" ramen at the market in Kabuki, or some shish kebab in Westbrook, or a burger in Heywood – they all start on the farm. Most "meat" products are derived from mass-farmed worms, which are ground into a meat-like substance known as scop. (Although the SCOP acronym originally stood for "Single-Celled Organic Protein", it has evolved into an umbrella term for many synthetic-meat and meat-adjacent products.) This scop base product is then shipped off to be pumped full of dyes and flavorings for a variety of products on the market. After all, it takes a little work to "beef up" those bugs.