Leather made from Cactus? What?

Prickly pear cactus pad, the feedstock for a plant-based leather

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4sGOYbHoXo

Mature prickly-pear pads are harvested without cutting the plant down, then dried and processed into a flexible sheet.

The material is pitched as a plant-based stand-in for animal leather in shoes and upholstery.

Wednesday October 14th 2020