Charlie Stross on Nostr: I'd just like to note that "less than 15 cents in the dollar goes to farmers" is very ...

I'd just like to note that "less than 15 cents in the dollar goes to farmers" is very familiar, because it's about the same for novelists.

This isn't because we're being ripped off but because there are too many steps in our supply chains between producers and consumers, and each step imposes a cost of maybe 30-40%, most of which is operating overheads (not profits).

Modern societies are complex and complexity is inefficient but without it we all starve.
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