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Reply to "FUTURE OF RICE"

Originally Posted by Stormborn:
Originally Posted by caribny:

Druggie, neither you nor I know much about farming, but I do believe that organic farming is more easily done on small holdings than it is on mega estates.

 

So Guyana might well be able to craft a brand based on being organic (they will have to conform to specific criteria) as well as "socially conscious", given that it is peasant grown, and so beneficial to local communities.  Folks are actually willing to pay more for this, but a brand awareness must be created.

 

Crying that Venezuela isn't going to buy Guyana rice, because Granger didn't allow Maduro to roam the world claiming that Essequibo would be theirs, but for Obama, isn't going to solve the rice industry's problems.  Stormborn might be off base, but at least he is showing a type of innovative thinking that the rice industry should.

I am not off base. Most of the farmers in the corentyne only have 3 to five acres. Even black bush the holdings are small. These can be specialized boutique brands if there is a willingness of the government to support it. Only then can they break into the American market Rice in wholefoods is 3 dollars a pound in the bulk bins. In the specialty section they are almost 5 to 6 dollars a pound.

US retail outlets aren't going to stock unknown brands.   The whole world wants to get into Wholefoods.

 

There are other things which the rice industry can do, but it is up to THEM to figure it out, and then solicit help.

FM
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