Little wonder that the world's food giants, including ADM, Cargill and Tyson Foods, have invested in the new meat upstarts, albeit nominally compared to what they pour into legacy meat operations.
In addition, there is an inescapable fact in the modern warfare, the frontline can be blurry, meaning troops in nominally non-combat roles can wind up in combat.
As it takes shape, the as-yet-unnamed joint enterprise will nominally serve, without seeking profit, only the 1.2 million people who work for the three companies.