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food per dollar is one interesting measurement, but products like yoghurt are not fungible, no matter how much we would like to treat them that way in industria
by ska 8y ago
food per dollar is one interesting measurement, but products like yoghurt are not fungible, no matter how much we would like to treat them that way in industrial agriculture.
So the real question isn't can someone produce yoghurt cheaper than this person (they can) but is the product they produce worth the $12 for enough people to make a go of it.
- tdb7893 8y agoYeah, I agree that it's not a great metric and you can aim for a more expensive market but one thing I was pointing out is that the market for significantly more expensive food that this sort of farming would entail is really hard to break in to and also once you break in it also isn't hugely profitable (the guy compared it to the restaurant industry, which is a famously bad investment for inexperienced people). Anyway this is just one conversation I had with one guy to take it with a grain of salt.
- ska 8y agoYeah, going into this sort of thing to get rich is probably going to make you sad. The real question is if you love doing it, can you support yourself...