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36 Comments
That man is being cheated and exploited
He gets $17 for a huge bag? and whoever sells it charges us $60 and up for a few beans!? That’s bs! That farmer should be getting that money!
The lack of technology in this industry is ridiculous. They’re hand-pollinating and harvesting in tiny farms of just a few plants and then sending their inefficient product through a dozen middle men. It costs a lot because of this. Until they fix this industry, people should just use artificial vanilla in my opinion.
He needs to make damn more much more
I’m sure vanilla bean can grow elsewhere. French monopolize vanillas.
I didn't know vanilla is a spice, neat
Not Fair they made nothing for the work.if they knew how much it was worth!
one day I hope they just say fck it and stop supplying then up the price
They blossom for more than one day a year…I have a vanilla orchid.
This is a lack of education. If they stop taking $17 and not sell this wouldn't be happening. Not sure why they would expect 17. And on the other side of the world we have the Greek suing Netflix for millions because their feelings are hurt. This world is bloody backwards
The farmers are not getting their fare share. Especially when you see how much the grocery store charges for it.
I have paid almost that much just for a bottle of it at the grocery store.
I guess people missed the "80% of all vanilla" part
This is exactly why I grow Wilbur Beans exclusively
Apparently Raza ain't the one profitting at all.
The price boosted for no damn reason and profit doesn't even get tricked down.
Raza need to do his own 💩.
It should be more expensive, to allow us to pay the people whole make it properly, I'll pay extra for my ice cream
17 dollars for 80 percent of the vinalla in the world? What is wrong with this picture?
Love the gloves those nasty brown’s are using
17 dollars a day in Madagascar is not bad no rent no tax catch fish for free
It's far worse for farmers in India… They sometimes earn 1-2 Indian rupees per kilo of onions/ tomatoes etc. We have a terrible farmers su!c!de problem 😢😢
How disgustingly sad it is that a man who helps make the world's second most expensive spice to even able exist gets paid so so little for his back breaking efforts ….3
AFRICA ONCE AGAIN FEEDS THE WORLD AND DOESN'T GET REWARDED FOR IT! 🌍😕
Vanilla isn't expensive….
If I was those guys I would strike. So unfair that those people are still poor despite the huge resource they have in that country and the hard they make. They should strike and stop picking the vanilla until they got paid decent. Middle man FFS 😢
Why don't they use bee's
Wtf..that is 200.00 dollars per pound inthe U.S.
Africans are good farmers. I like seeing them work in plantations
They should sell that in a place that gives them more money.
Just learned something new today ❤
Imagine if they just all refused to sell to everywhere unless they got paid what it’s worth
17$ for a kilo? I feel like it's time to take a trip to Madagascar
$17 wtf
Saffron being the number one most expensive
Capitalism where the rich get richer and the poor get the picture
they should hold the earth for 300% they would be wealthy
They need to organize a boycott t.