I hadn't thought of this before, but maybe lab-grown leather is actually a better use of industrially-cultured animal tissue? Seems like, as a durable material,

I hadn't thought of this before, but maybe lab-grown leather is actually a better use of industrially-cultured animal tissue? Seems like, as a durable material, it would be worth more investment (equipment, labor) per unit (mass, volume) of end product. Presumably it's harder to grow cultured leather than just to grow some goop that can be processed into something like hamburger meat though.