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Finnish wild berry industry does not really make sense. Imported cultivated berries set an effective price ceiling, which isn't high enough to hire Finnish work
by jltsiren 12d ago
Finnish wild berry industry does not really make sense. Imported cultivated berries set an effective price ceiling, which isn't high enough to hire Finnish workers. The ones you could hire are not productive enough, and the ones who could get the job done have better options.
There are similar issues in agriculture, hospitality, and construction. Many jobs are seasonal and require you to live away from home. And because the outputs are supposed to be affordable, they don't pay enough to support you for the rest of the year. So you need an actual job, which is probably nicer and pays enough that you don't want the seasonal job anymore.
- kakacik 12d ago> And because the outputs are supposed to be affordable Well market forces will quickly align these back to reality, unless somebody will keep pumping in tons of money to subsidize this.
- mitxela 12d agoPossibly by shutting down the entire berry industry. That's a possible outcome of market forces.
- TeMPOraL 12d ago> unless somebody will keep pumping in tons of money to subsidize this I think this is where the distinction between "imported" and "locally produced" berries becomes important. My guess is there are interests pumping money to keep local production going.