Modern Meadow

Modern Meadow is a company that produces Zoa, a branded materials platform constructed from biologically produced collagen protein but without reliance on animal-based agriculture.[1] Zoa is inspired by traditional materials, such as leather, and reduces petrochemical use and animal dependency in making materials.[2][3]

Modern Meadow
IndustryCellular agriculture
Founded2011
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
,
U.S.
Websitemodernmeadow.com

The company was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a 2018 Technology Pioneer,[4] and a Zoa shirt was on display at the MOMA in the 2017 exhibit, "Items: Is Fashion Modern.[5] Modern Meadow was started in 2011[6] by CEO and co-Founder Andras Forgacs, formerly of Organovo, a company that uses 3-D printing of human tissue for medical use.[7] Modern Meadow has raised approximately $54 million from investors including Singapore's Temasek and Horizon Ventures, the private investment fund of the Hong Kong billionaire, Li Ka-shing.[8] In 2018, Modern Meadow signed an agreement with Evonik, a chemical company that specializes in microbial fermentation with the goal of commercially producing biofabricated materials.[9] It can take two weeks at R&D scale to create Zoa in the lab. Tunable and versatile, the material will explore new material characteristics such as softness combined with translucency and unique dying capabilities, and allow designers, makers and brands to offer novel perspectives to the marketplace.[10][11]

References
  1. Zhang, Sarah (September 21, 2017). "Leather, Grown in a Lab Without Cows". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  2. "Protein engineering yields animal-free leather - Chemical Engineering | Page 1". www.chemengonline.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  3. "The next generation of clothing is coming. It's made by microbes". San Francisco Chronicle. April 19, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  4. "Modern Meadow's first bioleather – Zoa - Leather International". leathermag.com. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  5. "Zoa | MoMA". www.moma.org. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  6. Scipioni, Jade (March 19, 2018). "This lab-grown leather could hit retailers next year". Fox Business. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  7. "The Future of Leather Is Growing in a New Jersey Lab--No Animals Needed". Inc.com. March 13, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  8. Business, Andrea Lo, CNN. "Would you wear leather that's grown in a lab?". CNN. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  9. Dalton, Matthew (July 19, 2018). "Fashion Labels Scramble to Shed Their Skins". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  10. "Modern Meadow spent millions developing lab-grown leather — Quartz". Quartz. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  11. Kolodny, Lora (March 9, 2018). "This leather is made in a lab, not from livestock". CNBC. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
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