Following is a transcription of the video. Narrator: This is said to be the world's oldest leather-making tradition. It's called vegetable tanning, and it's a process that has been perfected over ...

Shopkeepers near the entrances often hand visitors fresh mint sprigs to mask it, though after a while the smell simply becomes part of the atmosphere around the tannery. Nothing feels hidden or ...

It’s quite likely that something you’re wearing right now is made of leather. That leather came from a now-deceased animal, and the process to make the piece of tanned hide had a large environmental ...

Hugo de Boon and Koen Meerkerk started the company Fruitleather in 2015. "We want to turn something valueless into something that has value," said Koen. Fruitleather gets the mangoes from Total ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Conventional wisdom implies that natural, animal-based leather is healthier for the planet than “vegan” leather, which is usually heavily coated in fossil fuel-derived plastics and petrochemicals. “No ...

The fashion industry has seen a rise in alternative leather options from fish skin to pineapple leaves to cork leather. High-end fashion brands like John Galliano, Prada, and Christian Dior have ...