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It doesn’t make sense to grow it with US labor, on the other hand, in desperately poor countries like Afghanistan it provides a living for women like this proje

by fmajid 2y ago

It doesn’t make sense to grow it with US labor, on the other hand, in desperately poor countries like Afghanistan it provides a living for women like this project: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7267488367909462018/ https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7267488...

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> doesn’t make sense to grow it with US labor, on the other hand, in desperately poor countries like Afghanistan it provides a living for women like this project Between adulteration risk, transport costs and concerns around financing the Taliban, I can absolutely see the American product competing with Afghan exports.
- NomDePlum 2y ago
  It obviously won't come close on cost to the consumer so what do you base that on? Surely simple market economics apply in this case?
  - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
    > obviously won't come close on cost to the consumer What about an international supply chain involving the Taliban and co-mingled with opium production and transportation is obvious? > Surely simple market economics apply Why “surely”? What are “simple market economics”? If you by “close on cost” you mean there is a fundamental reason the price of the American product cannot compete with the Afghan stuff, you’re wrong. (Also, there is great Kashmiri saffron.) If you’re suggesting nobody thought about producers’ margins, no, that’s not insightful.
- kittikitti 2y ago
  There are many fakes but they're easy to spot. The street vendors in NYC use real or fake saffron, and if you have enough halal food you can tell. The more American supply the better, this stuff is crazy good.
benced 2y ago
Due to those higher costs, buying something from the US pretty much guarantees quality, i.e. the logic of "if someone has a successful business selling saffron in the US, it must be pretty great saffron". This compares to other countries where you have to do work to figure out if you're getting the good Afghani saffron or the bad Afghani saffron. Personally, I buy mine from Diaspora Co. who source it from Kashmir. In that case, I'm replacing the brand reputation of the country with the brand reputation of the spice merchant.
- herbst 2y ago
  If you are looking for a quality product (ex. Non contaminated soil, high ecological standards, ...) I wouldn't think a second of buying an American produce.

by fmajid 2y ago

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> doesn’t make sense to grow it with US labor, on the other hand, in desperately poor countries like Afghanistan it provides a living for women like this project Between adulteration risk, transport costs and concerns around financing the Taliban, I can absolutely see the American product competing with Afghan exports.

NomDePlum 2y ago
It obviously won't come close on cost to the consumer so what do you base that on? Surely simple market economics apply in this case?
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago
  > obviously won't come close on cost to the consumer What about an international supply chain involving the Taliban and co-mingled with opium production and transportation is obvious? > Surely simple market economics apply Why “surely”? What are “simple market economics”? If you by “close on cost” you mean there is a fundamental reason the price of the American product cannot compete with the Afghan stuff, you’re wrong. (Also, there is great Kashmiri saffron.) If you’re suggesting nobody thought about producers’ margins, no, that’s not insightful.
kittikitti 2y ago
There are many fakes but they're easy to spot. The street vendors in NYC use real or fake saffron, and if you have enough halal food you can tell. The more American supply the better, this stuff is crazy good.

benced 2y ago

Due to those higher costs, buying something from the US pretty much guarantees quality, i.e. the logic of "if someone has a successful business selling saffron in the US, it must be pretty great saffron". This compares to other countries where you have to do work to figure out if you're getting the good Afghani saffron or the bad Afghani saffron. Personally, I buy mine from Diaspora Co. who source it from Kashmir. In that case, I'm replacing the brand reputation of the country with the brand reputation of the spice merchant.

herbst 2y ago
If you are looking for a quality product (ex. Non contaminated soil, high ecological standards, ...) I wouldn't think a second of buying an American produce.