Your Salad Lunches Are Killing American Leather

Diets and droughts have made cattle hide more expensive, creating a leather shoelace crisis

Lisa Howlett's production facility in Auburn, Ky. — Lisa Howlett's production facility in Auburn, Ky.
Photographer: Noah Rabinowitz for Bloomberg Businessweek

May 27, 2015 at 10:00 AM EDT

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