Modern Meadow

Modern Meadow is an American biotechnology company that uses biofabrication to create sustainable materials. The company was co-founded by Andras Forgacs, Gabor Forgacs, Karoly Jakab and Francoise Marga in 2011, and is based in Nutley, New Jersey.[1][2]

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

History

In 2011, Andras Forgacs and his father Gabor Forgacs, Jakab and Marga co-founded Modern Meadow.[3] The company’s initial goal was to create leather and meat in tissue cultures, without the use of live animals.[4]

In 2018, Modern Meadow partnered with Evonik to commercially produce biofabricated materials.[5][2]

Modern Meadow entered into a joint venture in 2021 with Limonta, an Italian textiles and materials company, to create BioFabricca. The new company creates sustainable materials through a process called biofabrication.[6]

In 2017, it was announced that Modern Meadow had plans to develop the “world’s first biofabricated leather”. The company displayed a prototype T-shirt made from the material at the Museum of Modern Art in an exhibit, “Items: Is Fashion Modern,” until 2018.[7]

Technology

The company makes plant-based protein biopolymers to create a variety of textiles. It combines plant-based proteins with bio-based polyurethane. The resulting polymer blend is called Bio-Alloy.[8][9][2]

References
  1. Harvey, Chelsea. "This Brooklyn Startup Wowed The Science Community With Lab-Made 'Meat Chips'". Business Insider. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. Lo, Andrea (October 4, 2018). "Would you wear leather that's grown in a lab?". CNN. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  3. Harvey, Chelsea. "This Brooklyn Startup Wowed The Science Community With Lab-Made 'Meat Chips'". Business Insider. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  4. Zhang, Sarah (September 21, 2017). "Leather, Grown in a Lab Without Cows". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  5. Bain, Marc. "No animals were involved in producing this premium leather". Quartz. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  6. Carrera, Martino. "Stronger Together: Future of Italy's Textile Supply Chain Sits in Collaboration". WWD. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  7. Zhang, Sarah (September 21, 2017). "Leather, Grown in a Lab Without Cows". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  8. Waltz, Emily (March 28, 2022). "This Mushroom Leather Is Being Made into Hermès Handbags". Scientific American. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  9. Chan, Emily (October 31, 2020). "Is lab-grown leather the future for the fashion industry?". Vogue India. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
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