Lots of discussion about cloned and lab-grown meat lately. And finally I see there is a positive angle to the story emerging: http://time.com/4490128/artificial-meat-protein/
There is an essential difference between Lab-Grown and Cloned animals previously reported, and controversially approved for consumption: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-we-eating-cloned-meat/
The future of clone technology should definitely not stop with cloning and raising of actual animals for food. The same environmental and ethical concerns are present for a cloned animal.
The point of stem-cell cloning would be to grow actual meat in a lab (for now), and eventually in an efficient "growth-house" that would allow for real meat (for those who want / need it). It would be similar to how breweries brew their product in tanks - a delicate and defined process - after which the end product is shipped and distributed.
Growing meat would happen in 'batches' of various types - combining muscle and fat cells derived from stem cells to make marketable product. The stem-cells would have to be continuously cloned, so there would be an entire ecosystem businesses involved in the making of the product. Perhaps animals would still exist on farms, and would live a natural life and be kept and bred for their genetic stock.
Certified Organic, and Ethical would still have a place to ensure the quality treatment of these stem cell donors.
Some obvious benefits would be better use of land (deforestation would no longer be economically profitable), and also a controlled environment to prepare the beef (without risk of e-coli contamination from the slaughter process). And of course, it would eliminate the need to actually kill/slaughter the animals.
With all the advances in technology, I hope some of the disruption that will alter traditional industry, will also include farming - for the many positive benefits that it would bring. Farmers would still be needed, but not huge operations that generate enormous waste and in many/most cases also result in animal suffering (that can hopefully be reduced someday soon).