Lab-grown leather from a living cow could change the fashion industry

A North Carolina startup found a way to grow real leather from cow cells in a lab, a sustainable breakthrough that could cut ...
Los Angeles Times

As leather shoes drop out of favor, cattle hides pile up

In 1991, when Scott Starbuck opened City Soles in Chicago, most of the shoes his customers wanted were made with leather from cow hides. Today, an increasing number of shoppers have a more vegan ...
Green Car Reports

Lab-grown hides, shrooms, bamboo promise lower CO2 vs leather

Leather alternatives could play a large role on lowering CO2 Plant-based materials are being investigated The leather industry is pushing back Leather alternatives could have a lower environmental ...
Los Angeles Times

America is obsessed with beef. But it has no use for hides, so leather prices plunge

U.S. consumers are eating more beef, more than they have in a decade. But a byproduct of this carnivorous hankering is piling up, unloved and unwanted. Shoppers who once coveted leather jackets and ...
Robb Report

Hip Leather Hides (Without the Bad Western Vibes)

One of the advantages to being at the top of your craft is the freedom to invite talented friends into the studio and let them loose. British leather specialist Bill Amberg shows us how it’s done.
MLive

Waste barrels, leather hides dot land outside Wolverine dump

BELMONT, MI -- Using the heel of his boot, Ryan Schweinzger scraped at the dirt of his backyard with disgust. Strewn amid the underbrush of his woodsy backyard are scraps of old, rotting leather. The ...