Um, if you read my entire posting I made it fairly clear I think it's awesome that we can use market forces to handle food distribution. Maybe I was too obscur

Um, if you read my entire posting I made it fairly clear I think it's awesome that we can use market forces to handle food distribution. Maybe I was too obscure. The point I wanted to express was that the current species that are mainstream for food production are there for many reasons, including the fact, that it's easier to optimize food production business from the point of view of distributors if the number of species used is small. Hence if there is an odd plant that is used only regionally, it does not mean it could not become a staple - just that it's not currently staple, and not necessarily for any inherent quality of plant itself.