I don't think there'll be much more than a niche market for this in the developed world. The greenfreaks, the new-age yuppies, and maybe the extremely poor... Maybe if they market it to the third world but they'd have to sell it for pennies on the dollar. Something tells me this company isn't gonna just give it away for charity or anything. They're selling but I'm not buying. "There's lots of starving people in the world!" Ok, so...what, do you think eating a food substitute is gonna suddenly make us start growing crops for the sake of just giving them to the third world? Uh, yeah...good luck getting farmers to do backbreaking agricultural work year-round for charity...
This is a company saying "we want to make something that will cost us nothing and will have a huge profit margin, while making it sound like we're really doing this for the good of everyone!"
And, really? 2,000,000 people die every year from inhaling smoke from ovens? Did they forget to mention that's in developing countries where they use high-carbon-output stoves, like wood-burning and coal-burning ones still? Yes, they did. Now if they wanna solve that problem by marketing to those people...hey, more power to 'em.
But something tells me that's not the intended audience...the wording and verbiage in the article comes off as an attempt to guilt-trip the rich westies into buying this stuff cuz there's people in the world starving.
I'm sorry, but I'm not feeling any guilt at all. My country and my ancestors had the common sense to develop agricultural practices and to unite and to shake off stupid tribal beliefs and advance. If there's a bunch of people in the world who didn't? Sorry, but how is that my fault? Answer: It isn't. It sucks that there's starvation problems across the globe, but something tells me this isn't the answer to the problem. Those people are all impoverished as fuck. They can't even afford WATER. Anyone really thinks they're gonna be able to afford some corporate priced food alternative? Uh...haha...yeah...sure...
I wouldn't eat this shit. I'm a born chef. I won't even touch tofu because I find it to be an insult to the shit it attempts to replace [in all realms; flavor, consistency, nutrients, and smell]. This stuff? Fuck no.
This is a company saying "we want to make something that will cost us nothing and will have a huge profit margin, while making it sound like we're really doing this for the good of everyone!"
And, really? 2,000,000 people die every year from inhaling smoke from ovens? Did they forget to mention that's in developing countries where they use high-carbon-output stoves, like wood-burning and coal-burning ones still? Yes, they did. Now if they wanna solve that problem by marketing to those people...hey, more power to 'em.
But something tells me that's not the intended audience...the wording and verbiage in the article comes off as an attempt to guilt-trip the rich westies into buying this stuff cuz there's people in the world starving.
I'm sorry, but I'm not feeling any guilt at all. My country and my ancestors had the common sense to develop agricultural practices and to unite and to shake off stupid tribal beliefs and advance. If there's a bunch of people in the world who didn't? Sorry, but how is that my fault? Answer: It isn't. It sucks that there's starvation problems across the globe, but something tells me this isn't the answer to the problem. Those people are all impoverished as fuck. They can't even afford WATER. Anyone really thinks they're gonna be able to afford some corporate priced food alternative? Uh...haha...yeah...sure...
I wouldn't eat this shit. I'm a born chef. I won't even touch tofu because I find it to be an insult to the shit it attempts to replace [in all realms; flavor, consistency, nutrients, and smell]. This stuff? Fuck no.
