# Leather and meat without killing animals

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2013
- Speaker: Andras Forgacs
- Year: 2013
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Engineering, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

By 2050, it will take 100 billion land animals to provide the world's population with meat, dairy, eggs and leather goods. Maintaining this herd will take a huge, potentially unsustainable toll on the planet. What if there were a different way? In this eye-opening talk, tissue engineering advocate Andras Forgacs argues that biofabricating meat and leather is a civilized way to move past killing animals for hamburgers and handbags.

## Lectures

1. [Leather and meat without killing animals](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals/024f4aece5c7), 9 min (TED's player)