I’ve been thinking about how to frame my thoughts on this, because they’re complicated.
On the one hand, of course it’s positive that farmers get more of the pie, and have incentives that encourage change and growth. (For eg the indian govt recently banned export of onions bec middlemen were manipulating the market - both squeezing farmers and jacking up prices for consumers).
On the other hand, the way these new businesses price the product will never be accessible to the main users of the product. I’m thinking quinoa and Peru, thought I know that’s not exactly comparable.
So it’s nice as a boutique product for occasional users, but I wonder about the impact to the “normal” user. For eg, I can’t afford to buy my usual stock of spices from these outlets - I use “too much.”
