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Just as long as you don't sell onion futures on the internet, or anywhere else for that matter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act https://en.wiki
by bragr 4y ago
Just as long as you don't sell onion futures on the internet, or anywhere else for that matter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act
- umbs 4y agoPlanet Money podcast on same topic https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/09/19/649273647/episode-657-the-tale-of-the-onion-king https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2018/09/19/649273647/epis...
- poulsbohemian 4y agoI think what's really strange about this is that it is written as though there is just one kind of onion, whereas any connoisseur will wax poetic about the difference between Walla Walla Sweets, Vidalias, Mauis, Texas varieties, generic yellow, white, and red onions, shallots, leeks, scallions, pearls, cipollinis... so does the law just cover generic yellow onions?
- zamfi 4y agoFutures contracts on commodities necessarily assume fungibility of the underlying commodity!
- roflc0ptic 4y agoI think the issue is: are tomatoes fungible for onions? What about garlic, or leeks? Or shallots? Just some pretty fuzzy categories.
- lapetitejort 4y agoBest way to find out is to try suing someone using the law and see how far the case goes. Let me know how it ends up!
- knodi123 4y agoUgh.... with this activist supreme court, it's not worth the risk. /s
- poulsbohemian 4y agoI totally get that, but I guess that's perhaps part of the conflict between big ag and more traditional farming... or said another way, as a cook, I know the difference between so many varieties of vegetables et. al. and I want very specific types for their unique qualities. But I guess I'm not buying by the ton or train car either.
- switch007 4y agoThat article was a ride! Shipping onions to be reconditioned, like an old alternator. Onions were a condiment not a food staple?!