I'm not convinced about the emotional baggage. I do agree that corporations above a certain size completely lose their morals.
I get excited over synthetic meat, it is interesting tech, it has the potential to provide some healthy stuff to my diet if I decide to eat it. It can also be a good way of reducing the reliance on the terrible industries you mention.
I'm fine eating a vegan diet and I wouldn't want to change that. I know people that couldn't because of allergies and what-not, I also know that some people aren't willing to make that change.
I think good things can be done in many ways and I'm sick and tired of seeing people with good intentions go so hard on polarizing these issues. Better farming practices are still an improvement in my eyes. They are still doing a net bad as far as I am concerned but I want to see an improvement, so I'll encourage it.
But I guess it also depends on varying levels of empathy. I know people that are much more emotionally troubled by the cruel industries than I am. I just happen to agree that it is terrible and I try to live accordingly. Maybe I just don't feel it the way you do?