Stephanie Downs: Revolutionizing the Leather Industry
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Stephanie Downs: Revolutionizing the Leather Industry

"One day I was leaving the animal shelter and I would always go and have lunch at this restaurant down the street and I'd get this pork barbecue sandwich. I remember it so vividly. I can remember the booth I was sitting in. I can picture the place. And I just remember thinking, I spent all day helping this one animal and now I'm eating another animal." - Stephanie Downs on the moment everything changed

Stephanie Downs is the CEO and co-founder of Uncaged Innovations. Uncaged is a biomaterials company that combines nature and technology to reimagine leather. After two years in stealth mode, they have launched a bio leather (made from many plants) that will transform the fashion, automotive and home goods industries. It has the same quality and durability of leather without the use of any animals. It's sustainable, scalable and it's stunning (I've seen it in person).

Stephanie has been working to get animals out of the food and materials system for decades. She's worked with animal welfare organizations to create enormous change in the food, fashion and automotive industries and she is a co-founder of the Material Innovation Initiative and a co-founder of Good Dot, the largest plant-based meat company in India.

Solutions are what is going to change the world for animals. We can (and should) scream about the horrors of the meat, dairy, leather and wool industries all day long but we need solutions. Uncaged is a big one.

https://www.uncagedinnovations.com/

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