Vegan Leather Pt. 1: Pineapple.
Could the Pineapple plant really offer a viable alternative to animal leather?
The fur industry has had a long history of conflict with animal rights groups due to their methods of production, but leather hasn't received quite the same level of attention. We know fur comes from skinning animals, but so does leather. It doesn't take much to understand why neither of these products can be produced humanely; a quick Google search can provide more gruesome details than one would like to know (I won't post them here).
What if there were an alternative material? One that provided the same or similar quality and texture without the suffering of animals and factory workers alike?
