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$25m shoes 'a vast overestimate'

14/08/2013

Biomaterials company Modern Meadow has responded to an enquiry from leatherbiz and has said our guess that it would cost more than $25 million to produce enough “cultured” leather in a laboratory to make one pair of shoes is “a vast overestimate”. Founded in 2011, Missouri-based Modern Meadow has already developed “cultured” leather in its...

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