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[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

sorry i like organic, free range, USDA, non-gmo, fairtrade leather. no big pharma stuff /s

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Did we finally figure out how to get four steaks worth of meat from a horse without killing it?

[–] whiwake@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I feel this has to be a reference to something… And I really want to know

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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

sustainable breakthrough that could cut emissions and eliminate slaughter in the $400 billion leather industry

Seems pretty pointless when leather is a byproduct of slaughter for meat, and meat (not leather) drives the demand for cows. Even at 0 leather demand, cow slaughter & their impact on the environment would continue at the same levels.

For the slow: if we switched entirely to lab-grown leather, then what would we do with the unused cowhide stripped from butchered cows? Let it go to waste while redundantly pumping unnecessary resources to grow the same thing in the lab? That's massively stupid.

This reminds me of the invention of edible food wrappers entirely missing the point of wrappers protecting the food from contamination which would now include the wrapper needing protection.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

FFS....lab grown meat, lab grown cow skin cells, they all grow being fed fetal bovine serum, which is not taken by donation.

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Why? The synthetic stuff made for luxary cars and yachts has been better than cow skin for decade

Edit: wow, lots of ignorant folks here.

[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world -1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Pretty sure all leather comes from some cow who was living at one point...😛

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