WHY LEATHER?

Making Better Use of What’s Already Here
At SUBTXT, we don’t use leather to look traditional — we use it because it makes sense. Leather isn’t made to make leather. It’s a byproduct of the meat industry. The hides exist because people eat beef. Turning them into long-lasting, natural materials keeps waste out of landfills and reduces demand for synthetic plastics made from oil. Real leather is renewable, durable, and biodegradable. Using it means respecting the full value of the animal and making the most of what already exists.

Why SUBTXT Uses Bojos Leather
SUBTXT uses Bojos leather from the Dominican Republic — locally sourced, crafted by skilled artisans, and made with environmentally responsible tanning methods. It’s a natural choice that supports local craftsmanship, reduces waste, and honors the planet with every step.

The Sustainability of Leather
Grasslands: Nature’s Original Carbon Factory
Most U.S. cattle spend much of their lives on grass. In the USA, 86% of our cattle diet is grass and that grass is doing quiet, powerful work: capturing carbon, building healthy soil, and sustaining life in ways we rarely see. Healthy native prairies capture 0.5 to 3.6 metric tons of CO₂ per acre each year — and store up to 90% of it below ground in deep root systems and living soil. Over time, a single acre of grassland can hold as much as 100 tons of carbon in its soil profile.
Grasslands also act like natural sponges. They soak up rain, recharge groundwater, and prevent erosion — creating life for everything that depends on them.

Grazing Keeps the Land Alive
Cattle and sheep aren’t the problem. They’re part of the solution when managed responsibly. Grazing animals keep grasslands healthy by trimming old growth and encouraging new shoots. Without them, invasive plants take over, and prairies lose their ability to store carbon and water. When grazing is balanced and well-managed, it deepens roots, enriches soil, and strengthens ecosystems. Grasslands and grazers evolved together — they need each other to thrive.

The Methane Reality
Methane gets a lot of headlines, but the story is more balanced than most people think. Methane from grazing animals is part of a short, natural carbon loop. It breaks down in about a decade and is reabsorbed by plants. And because the size of the U.S. cattle herd today is the smallest since the 1960s, total methane from cattle has not increased. In many U.S. systems, well-managed grasslands capture enough carbon to offset — or even exceed — the methane cows produce.

Real Leather. Real Sustainability.
Using leather the right way connects us back to a system that already works — one built by nature, not factories. Healthy grasslands, grazing animals, and natural materials form one of Earth’s most efficient carbon-capture cycles. At SUBTXT, we believe sustainability means using what’s already here, making it last, and keeping it out of the landfill. That’s what real responsibility looks like.

Sources:
U.S. Department of Agriculture (NRCS) • University of California, Davis Climate Program • Oklahoma State University Agricultural Research • U.S. Geological Survey