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Saving the Prized Chile That Grows Only in Oaxaca’s Mountains
- baxtr 8y agoWow. What great story and what a great example of how one individual can have a great impact while behaving very ethically. He could have easily made a high margin exploiting the farmers Isidro continues to live in Santiago Atitlán with his wife, two children, and parents. He is entrepreneurial, and his agricultural projects have grown to include avocado trees and 200 bee hives. Yet his love for pasillas continues. “This year, we’re going to cultivate pasillas at another three acres of land,” he says. “My family is happy, and when the producers get the earnings they deserve, [that] makes me happy too.”
- tspike 8y agoI'm surprised the coyotes went so quietly.
- totalZero 8y agoWhy? Just because the name sounds menacing doesn't mean they are anything but arbitrageurs. Take away the market inefficiency by providing more accurate sale price information to the producers, and there really isn't an opportunity for them any more. Their business was exploitation, but that's not quite the same thing as extortion.
- inferiorhuman 8y agoSomewhat related: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/the-hunt-for-mexicos-heirloom-beans https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/23/the-hunt-for-m...