A more sustainable leather industry built from a petri dish

Modern Meadow, a Brooklyn startup founded in 2011, might be able to achieve the impossible: make leather goods that even PETA approves of. The company has secured US$53.5 million in funding for their plan of growing leather in labs, not from livestock. Image credits Tomas Castelazo Cows the world over, rejoice! This animal-free method for leather…