How to Monopolize Bread

[@RareEarthSeries]

Help Kata and Eric stop being uncomfortable on camera: www.patreon.com/rareearth

[@RenayEmond]

👏✌🙏

[@learnallican3627]

6:28 What gives you the right to go to the country and tell them that it's better for them to farm? Do you think they can travel to Canada with their income and tell you what to do? some facts Peru The poverty rate remained at 54% in 2001, with 24% of Peruvians living in extreme poverty. In 2005, 18% of Peruvians were living in extreme poverty and a poverty rate at 39%.[135] As of 2010, around 30% of its total population is poor Bolivia Between 2006 and 2014, GDP per capita doubled and the extreme poverty rate declined from 38 to 18%.[14]

[@learnallican3627]

​@@RareEarthSerieswhy didn't you mention the other side of the pattern? You know, the other side where people have better health care? better cost of living? and maybe they won't be stuck in their parent's farm and they can do KZbin videos just like you. Perhaps they can travel the world?

[@RareEarthSeries]

@@learnallican3627 I sincerely hope life is better continuously, and don't wish to tell them what to farm. But the boom bust cycle is more than boom and the great patterns of the world don't come down to the individual level very well. This is about the danger Ethiopia currently feels. It is a hot topic in the government there, so I felt I'd tell the story as I saw it/it was told to me. nacla.org/news/2018/03/12/quinoa-boom-goes-bust-andes

[@learnallican3627]

​@@RareEarthSeriesI don't doubt your sincerity. But YES this is a boom that cant last for a long time. They now have money which is great, because they can use it to improve their life. They can send their kids to get an education (the farm life is not that fun). Its also up to the government to create incentive programs. Which they might be doing. www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/083115/quinoa-destroying-bolivias-economy.asp

[@thomasofnowhere]

I haven't seen two people that uncomfortable in front of a camera since the Johnny Depp and wife dog apology in Australia.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Eric was mad at the waiter for demanding a bribe/politeness to film and then demanding a second right after he grabbed the first. Kata was concerned Eric was going to do something about it. It was our final day and a whole ordeal so we were all very heated. I figured they were there with me, and on our last day, uncomfortable or not I wanted to show their faces too. :)

[@jjc5475]

@@RareEarthSeries good to see the crew on film. yall produce outstanding video. and the audio. so consistent.. do you playback? or is it magic?

[@ta192utube]

Wondered what you meant, 'til I saw for myself. Think you nailed the description...

[@SiriusZiriux]

I just saw This. But I'll Keep muh Comment Oop.

[@InDisskyS131]

@@RareEarthSeries Pretty common. Just pay it and film or find another place to film.

[@hiqwertyhi]

0:59 "finish the damn take I'm hungry"

[@Mohazz88]

😂😂😂

[@TTTac]

Blink twice if you two are being held against your will jking good video

[@nmat6183]

I've heard this coined the demand dilemma: We are poor. But we have a thing. Rich foreigners are interrested in our thing. Yay we can export it. The thing goes up in value. And price. Wait, we also need the thing for ourselves. Can we now afford our own thing? Crap, this got complicated.

[@peterisawesomeplease]

This explanation is somewhat simplistic. The value of the commodity may go up see oil for example. Or it might got down take for example internationalization of corn markets. The bigger problem is control over the resource. Internationalization brings more efficient organizational structures. Modern large international companies will out complete almost anyone. Even in markets they have no experience in previously. This means regardless of the price changes over time their greater efficiency and access to capital will allow them to capture the market. Once the market is captured all of the profit that used to be spread over a large population will get concentrated in one place. The greater efficiency and larger markets international coorperations provide means the total amount of profit goes up. But if that profit now goes to only a few people you end up with worse economic situation overall. To make matters worse weak political systems allow for corruption, fraud, price fixing, labor fraud, .. which are much more prevalent when you have a few large actors rather than many small competing entities. This is the well known resource trap problem. The only way to get both the benefits of mega cooperation without the downsides are strong non corrupt governments that will stop excessive market centralization, provide protection for labour to organize and will tax and reinvest the new profits well enough to respread out the wealth. #rant

[@NozomuYume]

You can make injera with wheat too (almost all injera outside of Ethiopia/Eritrea is made at least partially with wheat because teff is so expensive -- if you go to an Ethiopian restaurant in the US you will get wheat injera unless you pay extra for 100% teff -- and they might not even *have* teff). So why not sell teff for high prices to the hippies who think it's magical and then buy cheap industrial vitamin-enriched wheat to replace it? You could even mandate that any teff exported must be matched with imported wheat. Ethiopian farmers will get more money to spend in the local market, while still having a product to sell domestically.

[@benjaminishere]

@@peterisawesomeplease "The value of a commodity may go up see oil for example" but then the USA murders whoever ran the country before and sets up a puppet state that sells it to them for a fraction of the price? where do I get the money now?

[@madscientistshusta]

*corn has entered the chat*

[@flinko99]

@Shit Kicker Then maybe we should stop incentivizing hypercapitalism.

[@juslangley]

Something tells me that your two friends are camera shy.

[@stankaus]

I get there feeling they're starving and what's on the plate doesn't match their pallet

[@GrimRuler]

Isn't that his wife?

[@eggheadusa]

Well you try to eat while being filmed on a big channel, it’s a dumb shot

[@olchat2012]

His wife you mean...

[@thomasdosborneii]

Fascinating to watch the women expertly pour the batter that makes the bread. I can't even make a coherent pancake! Also, the guy controlling about five cattle with a stick. These people may be poor, but they have mastered certain physical skills that can make me feel we're all klutzes. While your marvelous videos are brilliant eye-openers about serious issues, my favorite part is seeing all these people and opening not only my awareness, but my heart.

[@AldanFerrox]

She probably learned that skill from her mom when she still was a small child. She had enough time to practice it.

[@ProductofSeebach]

You would have those skills too if you didn't go to school, and sit at a desk for 12 years and learn to be politically and economically convenient.

[@jonathansims525]

If you poured pancake batter for hours a day, day after day, I believe that even you could make a beautiful pancake. ;-)

[@End-Result]

Pretty sure she is a baker, but yeah.

[@3BlueHaze]

people at pizza hut do this with sauce wit every pizza. are they experts?

[@thecharlemagnekid9997]

the message that foreign teff demand could destroy ethiopia: *exists me watching this video: damn I wanna try teff

[@fishslappa3673]

It's not that hard to find (in Australia) if you know where to look. Really, it just tastes like a slightly sour, sugarless pancake.

[@denchua]

Just go to an Ethiopian restaurant.

[@Phil-zx5yc]

FYI, Ethiopian restaurants outside Ethiopia do not have access to Teff due to availability and price issues, in most case the Injera bread is made by mixing different types non Teff of grains such as wheat flour, rice, sorghum...etc Totally

[@Phil-zx5yc]

@alex carter well I think it's worth trying, first ask the restaurant if they serve 100% Teff Injera if they say yes then your in for a treat and if they say otherwise like 50% or 70% Teff it's still worth trying the food but if the Injera they serve is not based on Teff at all I would not bother...

[@matildas3177]

@@Phil-zx5yc I didn't know that! I've tried to make my own in that way, and while it was still tasty it turned out completely different from the injera I've bought from expats in food markets. I just assumed that they had found a good place to buy teff, but it sounds reasonable that they just had a much better recipe than me.

[@Apodeipnon]

Why would they be able to patent a grain. What the hell..

[@mescalinipomoea953]

Synerrox capitalism

[@Apodeipnon]

@@James-bl5gr yes, but with genetically modified seeds, not naturally occuring types

[@2MeterLP]

@@James-bl5gr But monsanto actually creates the grains. The dutch didnt create Teff, they didnt discover it. Its not even in their country. If anyone should have a patent, it should be the ethiopians.

[@xmlthegreat]

@@James-bl5gr To patent something you need to show how you created it or discovered it. The Dutch can't logically have a patent to every variety of Teff. They either have a patent on their particular engineered variety, or they have a patent on the kind of processed products that can be made from it. Powders, shakes, extract, etc.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Learn about Monsanto. Even Nestle privatizes water. They feel they have a right to do so.

[@MohammedMuaawia]

We've got a version of this in Sudan as well. We call it Kisra. We eat the Ethiopian type too and we call it - you guessed it - Ethiopian kisra. In Sudan it's usually made at home or made locally in small shops and bakeries then sold as individual sheets, so it's really funny going abroad and seeing how it's been commoditized in Sudanese expat communities. As much as I am for the spread of my culture, I really hope it doesn't "catch on" and become a trendy food, at least outside of the realm of Sudanese owned businesses and restaurants.

[@Paethgoat]

Great video, as always, but your dinner companions look uncomfortable ;)

[@RareEarthSeries]

They love being on camera

[@ShadabGhafar]

Daniel check full reply on post by Thomas.

[@chaosdweller]

I'm also being monopolized,... like the bread.

[@headecas]

Can u imagine how many takes they did with that food in front of them

[@RareEarthSeries]

@@headecas it was the last day, I wasn't up for more than one take

[@krattlusker]

I've never seen two people that uncomfortable in my life.

[@alecnolastname4362]

You should look up Asian Andy TTS

[@ScamallDorcha]

I'll get on the elevator with you and make small talk and you'll be even more uncomfortable.

[@alecnolastname4362]

@@ScamallDorcha hey so... Did you see that episode of sienfield lastnight 30years ago? Oh Goerge...

[@GradyHouger]

As an American grain farmer trying to figure out all the global factors affecting local prices, I think having national agencies that provide accurate numbers and governments willing to be protectionist works the best. India for instance puts "go away" tariffs on beans imports when their farmers have a good crop, and takes them off when their people need more than they can locally produce. The downside is any miscalculation and the government feels obligated to subsidize their farmers, which has it's own host of economic problems.

[@fejknamn6853]

Wasn't the dutch patent on Teff finally determined to be invalid, due to them not actually "inventing" anything? Like, in February?

[@GrabYourPopCorn80]

This guy just interrupted a dinner date to film.

[@funny-video-YouTube-channel]

*The solution is simple !* The Ethiopians must invest into storage facilities that can store Teff to reduce the price fluctuations that force people to sell at the market rate during harvest. Sell Teff in monthly amounts till the next harvest. This is how the farmers in developed nations survive price fluctuations.

[@gabrielmaffei7623]

if big productors are free to buy the farmers land , they will speculate and hoard the grain , they dont care if the local market get emptyed and destroyed, because they act for profit. i am from a third world country, the huge landowners do this all the time, the huge amounts of money they get, they stock it in tax havens or invest it in the financial market, it doesnt distribute (unless the govnerment says so)

[@YoungFlyMexicanNetwork]

Yo that guy and chick look so relaxed eating 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@mukkaar]

So... Who was the person holding gun off screen in the dinner table scene?

[@NSluiter]

Couldn't you hear subtely in the background "Hey Vsauce, Micheal here. What if you could eat, or could you?"

[@andgainingspeed]

Clearly patents being awarded on food is a problem. The markets get rigged. But unrigged markets (completely free) presents their own problems. Once markets make the food cheaper than locals can grow it, price fluctuations put them at risk. Fair trade can blunt some of the impact.

[@Sewblon]

So can futures contracts.

[@whcolours9995]

Fair trade or Free Trade?

[@Sewblon]

@YesWouldn't eradicating commodity production put us back at only being able to consume what we can create ourselves? Edit: Wouldn't it be easier to just abolish patents?

[@forcanisso1639]

@@Sewblon it wouldnt.

[@ThePrinceofParthia]

@@whcolours9995 Fair trade. Paying above market price to make sure that the primary producers earn enough.

[@sirzorg5728]

"gave control to a single company" That's the problem. If you're going to do a free market, doing it half way will only cause suffering.

[@purple-flowers]

Doing full free market will have the same effect. What local farmer can compete with the immense resources of a massive corporation?

[@LowestofheDead]

@@purple-flowers Massive corporations are supported by legislation and the government, not the free market. Consider this Dutch company that controls the global Tef market because they have a piece of paper (the patent) from the government. Or consider any lobbying group that gets a law passed that puts artificial barriers on new firms entering the market, which _just happens_ to save the big firms from market competition. We live in a world dominated by govt-supported monopolies, not the free market.

[@fableagain]

As a Dutch person, this video makes me even more embarrassed than those people on camera. I'm glad that Ethiopia won that battle.

[@TurtTulStudios]

It's always interesting to consider the negative effects of globalization. Been so great to see this channel grow! When I first subbed it was criminally underwatched, but you've kept up the quality, kept up the pace, and people are catching on! Love it!

[@firetamer]

Oh, I feel you with the opening. 'Superfoods' became a fad when I was working in a nursery and the people growing the plants sold at the nursery took the opportunity to change the tags of particular plants for marketing purposes. They essentially just stuck updated labels on the plants designated as a 'superfood' to help sell them to those buying into the fad and it made those plants easier to sell for a while. The only thing about 'superfoods' I ended up learning is that it was just a marketing gimmick.

[@graham1034]

To some degree, this parallels any other industry moving into the modern age of high output and high efficiency production. Of course the growing pains can be much more difficult when that industry is a staple food crop.

[@adpegman]

It has a name. It's called "primitive accumulation." Soon all those farmers will be factory workers. A large company will own the land they used to own. That company will sell the crop they used to grow back to them for more than they can afford.

[@wistals3deniks]

This is what we call the VOC mentality!

[@lehanjones242]

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[@LordofLifeable]

@@lehanjones242 The VOC, better known as the Dutch East India Company in English. It tried to (and largely succeeded in) monopolizing the European spice trade in the seventeenth century. This would be it's neo-colonialist equal.

[@irvalfirestar6265]

The Dutch at it again.

[@tadanarilee6003]

Fuck! VOC

[@aragonnetje]

Jan pieterszoon koen heeft niks verkeerd gedaan

[@cheater00]

the facial expression of the guy on the left says everything

[@scpatl4now]

Like...I think I'm about to throw up

[@cheater00]

@@scpatl4now the food looks tasty, so it must be the company

[@gabegabriel9288]

@@cheater00 jus camera shy

[@deus_ex_machina_]

@@cheater00 Ben (the host) mentioned that the guy on the left was pissed off at the waiter for demanding a bribe to shoot. And the girl on the right was afraid he would create a scene. Meanwhile Ben just powered through.

[@cheater00]

@@deus_ex_machina_ lol

[@MrEazyE357]

How in the actual hell is this not one of the top-rated KZbin channels? Awesome content as usual!

[@Valivali94]

Tried it on a street food market in London. The consistency is a bit odd but once you are 2-3 bites in, its really delicious.

[@NiamhAllStar21]

Great video but please never do a shot like 01:00 ever again okay thanks

[@joevinski1]

Under a 1000 views great video as always!!!! Thank you for making my world a bigger place !!!!

[@Axemantitan]

4:17 I've heard of "separating the wheat from the chaff" but this is the first time that I have seen it in action.

[@Inssssomniac]

Your videos are so well made and fascinating. Great stuff as always!

[@seandepoppe6716]

Is it me? Or are the people around the table REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE

[@AfroVersity]

That's exactly what happened in Kenya with pyrethrum and coffee. It was ruined by the international market. People hate these crops now

[@jirrenno]

7:22 Straight facts: According to the EN wikipedia the Dutch government ruled this controversial 2007 EU patent invalid. That is earlier than 2019, and the scenario is a little different.

[@LiosProsum]

It's not different at all: allafrica.com/stories/201902060613.html

[@RareEarthSeries]

Please research beyond wikipedia if you are aiming to provide 'straight facts'.

[@neronampo5200]

Honestly, this guy is a gift to earth. His voice is the most interesting to listen too, i would listen to him talk about concrete blocks for hours. He brings untold interesting stories from around the world to your ears. This is one of my favorite channels and he deserves more KZbin fame

[@ninentek5142]

Definitely!

[@wellrose17]

1st your content is far & above all else on this platform. Educational, compassionate & realistic. 2nd being raised in the US my propagandized brain thought, "make some of that Teff" "!" Search the method & try it out"! Then I realized how I despise the repression & poverty Capitalism perpetuates. So, I thought "no this Teff belongs to Ethiopia & it's people". Thanks again @RareEarth TeffTube! ThIsIsNoTThEaLgOrItHiM

[@gardnep]

Tef is a species of eragrostis. It is quite common across the world as a naturalised pasture or a weed. It is a very low yielding grain with very small seeds and it is drought resistant. I doubt it is economical to grow in other regions in comparison to other crops.

[@retro2712]

teff is orginonated in ethiopia

[@somebody3143]

It’s almost as though, by knowing history, our host here is able to tell what will come for the Ethiopians due to teff production!

[@PrecariousMutiny]

Thanks for the good news, I am so glad that they won, and thank you for bringing attention to this serious issue.

[@lexdelaney2805]

Recently became a patreon, your work is wonderful, keep it up.

[@rangergxi]

The Dutch being slimy merchants? Some things never change.

[@m.streicher8286]

Says someone who's sad they didn't start first. Edit oh wait the Dutch aren't even doing anything wrong, nothing wrong with controlling the sale of a foreign good in your country, Japan comes to mind.

[@bigbirb340]

The dutch are? Oh, wait till you hear about the...

[@m.streicher8286]

@@bigbirb340 haha this guy made my point better😂

[@rangergxi]

@@bigbirb340 Well a certain group immigrated to Amsterdam after the fall of Cordoba... then they went to New Amsterdam.

[@ilovelimpfries]

The dutch, veiled imperialism since the 1600.

[@rockyfjord4710]

Couple points. Teff cannot be produced in a factory, if it's a grain. It's harvested. It could be mechanically milled. I see no reason it could not also be grown, harvested, and milled in other countries, for local use or export market. The methods of these subsistence farmers in Ethiopia are very crude indeed. Farm machinery could be very more efficient. Of course that would lead to freeing up people for education or other work beyond subsistence agriculture.

[@classycompositions932]

*Hears his country mentioned in a Rare Earth video: "Woohoo!" *Realises its super negative: "woo... hoo?"

[@manictiger]

It's only negative about what economic globalization would do to it. (Not to be confused with political globalization, which is even worse.)

[@fy1727]

I felt exactly the same, it went from "yeah! Netherlands" to "yeah....? Netherlands?"

[@IronBridge1781]

It sounds similar to what happened to Ireland on the run up to the famine, over reliance on one single food/resource. Just one disaster away from the entire country collapsing.

[@stephenle-surf9893]

Yes it's happening, and if you don't believe it ask any farmer in the UK or USA. Farmers are becoming rarer with each passing year.

[@macbuff81]

Thanks for shining a light on this very important and critical topic!

[@pielover267]

Fascinating video! Have you ever considered providing sources/further reading with your videos? I'm very interested in exploring this issue, but surface level googling has only revealed a few very surface level, often outdated, and often unreliable sources of further information. Keep up the good work!

[@nedisahonkey]

As a long time fan I'd really appreciate that but fear he's too bust as it is.

[@tomasmatous8342]

Love it when Gonzalo Higuaín teaches me something new about our world.

[@nader50752]

Too bad he cant score a goddamn winning goal to save his life.

[@bmwatrin]

wow this series is amazing! ...explaining the economics of the boom/bust cycle of international markets by providing present real-world examples that predict the future, while using great cinematography to foster a sentimental attachment to the communities that will be devastated... communities that most citizens of such imperialist powers are blind to. I love Rare Earth

[@Niaaal]

Thank you for this video Long live and prosper, Ethiopia

[@rosswebster7877]

Fantastic series on Ethiopia! I hope there’s a video on the well meaning but misguided Live Aid concert and how charity became blood money.

[@earnl]

I just had an Ad playing Curiosity Stream by Colonel Chris Hadfield right before this video! That is really awesome!

[@Ifraneljadida]

The industrialization of Ethiopia sounds like the best thing for Ethiopia

[@midnite22767]

Thanks for bringing topics like this to a broader audience. Now that "news" is owned by corporate interests, I doubt many will know about this important issue from their local news source, that is unless of course, it benefits that corporate interest for them to explain it. What a complex and frightening time we live in.

[@jalapenohiway]

Damn!.....now I reallyyy want to try some Teff! And visit Ethiopia to experience their culture. I always & I mean ALWAYS enjoy these videos! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@droopypie]

Teff is sold at Whole Foods - not cheap. I have a giant pack of injera in my freezer, given to me by an Ethiopian friend. Injera is made from fermented teff, like wheat sourdough. The sour taste balances out all the hot spicy lentils where you use the injera as a spoon to scoop up into your mouth. Injera made in Ethiopia tastes different from injera made in the U.S. due to the different yeasts in the air, I'm told. I didn't realize Ethiopia fought so hard to keep it from being exported/monopolized - why can't we just take the crop and grow it here? Of course it won't be identical since our soil conditions are different - like blue/purple corn from Peru. I live in a Latin community and bought some imported purple corn to make the popular drink chicha morada. Then I dried the kernels, ground it up and used it for waffles. When I discovered I could get purple corn flour from a local farmer in the U.S., I called her up and she said she buys the crop from a company, that it was imported from Peru but it has been "altered" by a scientist that imported it here. For some reason this corn flour makes my waffles stick like crazy to the waffle iron and it has very little corn flavor. Not sure why this ancient crop was tampered with - do you have a video on purple corn? If not, maybe you need to do one... (Peru rejected Monsanto's products/presence - it's doing just fine with its ancient corn varieties, don't need GMO garbage.)

[@RyanBile]

Eric was hecka awkward XP likeable though. Great video guys! Go Ethiopia!!!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

_Bread_ Let's get this bread

[@bigbirb340]

have a jolly time in the line mi companero

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

A fascinating story and another great video, how do you even find these things to talk about?

[@namewarvergeben]

They made a video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pn7Zm4KZmsZrZtU (if you don't trust links from random strangers, just search "The Boat that Didn't Change the World" here on KZbin)

[@contrafax]

Go Ethiopia! I am so glad they won that round.

[@Banzybanz]

The Dutch are known to be exceptionally greedy but this is something else. Ethiopians can get back at them by using fuel inefficient vehicles, incadescent lightbulbs and burning their crops at the end of each season.

[@diepssuarez2676]

This reminds me of a story. In the times of Ancient Egypt, Kush was a smaller neighboring kingdom to Egypt. They had lush Jungles and fertile land to grow. Naturally, they based there economies on Wood, Crops, and Cows. But eventually they grew their economy so much to trade with their neighbors and get richer. Without trees the soil blew away, without the soil the crops died. Without the crops the cows starved. Slowly because of the booming trade, the economy of Kush was destroyed. They were left poor, and then were conquered by Egypt. This is one of the earliest examples of things like this happening! Because of trade, the economy will die off and then they will be left poor.

[@TheKohada]

A broad patent on many aspects of the use and processing of teff and teff flour was granted in 2007 by the European Patent Office (EPO) to a Dutch company.[30] This patent has been contested since 2014 or earlier.[31][32][33] In November 2018, the Dutch government ruled the patent invalid.[34] Source: wiki

[@mzple]

They farm Teff in Idaho and you can get in most places with an Ethiopian population in the US. Here in Northern Virginia it is very accessible and I think it's basically all domestically produced teff.

[@AI-tc8fv]

I just have a weird natural love for Ethiopians, such an intriguing nation and people. Cradle of humankind

[@ottodidakt3069]

Dude, you are brilliant. I really dig every bit of your videos. thanks for all of it !

[@prettylilhedz]

Faith in humanity -40%... I love the channel, but you can smile or you can cry.. Though tears do run dry.

[@US395Official]

"Bagel bites diet" ayyy, a real man of culture

[@LEFT4BASS]

It’s a tough issue. In the short run, it’s best that teff remains purely Ethiopian. In the long run though, an agrarian economy based almost entirely on a single crop is unlikely to prosper. Every country that’s developed into first world standards did so through industrial revolutions.

[@lincolnnoronha4128]

I live in Brazil’s northernmost state, smack in front of the amazon river and the ecuador line. Same thing happening here with açai. people used to drink it everyday but shit has gotten really expensive since it became a fad food in São Paulo and california

[@ErikB605]

Dang. 28 black is so tasty though.

[@gaspompWR]

Solution is pretty simple: 1) make small or large districs for farming teff, composed of small rural producers. 2) make the price higher, export it, get money 3) either make governement controll the minimul supply of teff that MUST be sold to satisfy local population OR entirely replace teff with cheaper food imported from abroad. Everybody win

[@md-eq9sj]

Hello Rare Earth. The restaurant you were narrating from looks familiar. Were you staying in Addis Ababa? I visited almost 12 years ago and think I may have dined at that same location. Interesting video. Thanks for refreshing my memories of the beautiful Ethiopian people and country side.

[@ShadabGhafar]

Love all your videos. Just don't record while eating with others, maybe they're waiting for you to finish talking. Just few frames were enough. Awesome upload.👍

[@MrO0Z]

this is beautifully done, thank you.

[@carlramirez6339]

This guy has foresight, considering that 2 years later, Ethiopia has fallen into civil war.

[@kurozanovski]

This is no doubt your best video.

[@kreechrr]

Saw the way Evan introduced the video and knew it was going to be an outro too... I just expected a chuckle at the name's silliness he alluded to.

[@oJoJo]

It was another dutch company who went to court after they were sued for patent infringement. The judge nullified the patents in holland because they weren't inventive enough. But they still stand in other european countries

[@KannikCat]

Injera, and teff, (and Ethiopian cooking!) are wonderful. So happy to hear that Ethiopia has managed to resist being run roughshod while feeling equally upset that someone is trying to do so just to make another buck. We really can be both the most beautiful and ugly species on this planet at the same time. :/

[@nidilap5638]

Love your videos, keep on going!

[@yohanesbimantara4565]

Damn the dutch still do their thing

[@scottmactavish9716]

To get an idea of the lengths the Dutch will go to protect their financial interests, read "Nathaniel's Nutmeg" by Giles Milton. It's a fantastic story, and factually accurate.

[@heatherhill6051]

I put it on hold at the library. thanks

[@FalloutUrMum]

Honestly the way you describe this, it seems like the long term benefits are greater than the short term negatives

[@RareEarthSeries]

It entirely depends on who you are. I would say nationally, yes. I even say it directly in the video. :)

[@FalloutUrMum]

@@RareEarthSeries Thanks for the response

[@martind349]

If you want to try teff, you can go to an Ethiopian restaurant. You can also ask the owner what he thinks about a "Dutch" trade right to teff.

[@nooneofinterest234]

Interesting, I never really think of the impact or story of the foods I purchase, I wonder if things like rice and beans have a story of their won like this one.

[@Zany4God]

Outstanding report. Thank you...

[@adhiantos]

Another great video as usual! Yes this reminds me of the quinoa and avocado supply problems in South America :/

[@sk3tchimdg3t33]

That couple were just like "Why is there a random man in my house"

[@oznews1]

Great start mate

[@sihars7214]

This is like watching a good happy ending movie.. so glad they win😊

[@BlackHoleBoeke]

Teff is already being grown in Kansas and available in U.S. If it becomes a fad crop domestic production might be elastic enough smooth off the top of that peak.

[@2.7petabytes]

But, but, but, Whole Wallet has a special on teff this week! Along with wheat grass shots at the coffee bar for umpteen dollars, one can defecate in confidence that your upper GI tract will look like a million bucks!

[@miasuarez856]

I live in Bolivia and the scenario is not that bad. The lands that produces Quinoa are indigineous lands that can't be sell, and the factories that process the grain are owned by local families, and the base of our food is mostly potato, rice and wheat.

[@Kikker861]

This is the other half of industrialization. The farmer's sons and daughters enter into the city in droves, while the old farmhouses and fields are replaced with roads and factories. This is how countries step up from the third world, but their culture could remain intact as they enter the international market. It is only a shame that such a compromise is impossible as this dutch company holds the monopoly.

[@Fuchsia_tude]

I hope you're referring to shakla tibs in the end credits.

[@Grimsace]

In addition to the videos uploaded on this channel and the extra patron ones, have you considered creating a second channel where you talk about your experiences from shooting these episodes in more of a casual/podcasty format? I'd defiantly like to see something like that and think it'd be a good watch.

[@RareEarthSeries]

Yeah, and I'd call it common ground and I'd be really lazy about filming episodes recently.

[@Grimsace]

@@RareEarthSeries . . . I feel like I've missed something. . .

[@1224chrisng]

imagine if this video goes viral and the whole point of it backfires and all people heard is "Teff, it's a superfood" and ignore the part of the video that's like "millions of people rely on it"

[@1996Pinocchio]

This is exactly what is happening all over the world. This can only be stopped if most people are conscious of what they eat and where their money goes.

[@etherdog]

Why can't we grow teff outside of Ethiopia for export? Chef Pierre Thiam from Senegal has been trying to get his native grain, fonio, some acceptance on global markets and that grain has "superfood" qualities like teff. I make injera at home quite often (you start with a ferment like sourdough) and love it, and the grain isn't THAT expensive by our standards, but I buy it from a certified Fair Trade supplier. When we were in Victoria, BC, last June, at the Ethiopian restaurant we went to the owner said she uses a 50% blend of teff in her injera since it is so expensive. The food was great, but we didn't eat it every day.

[@retro2712]

r u ethiopian u should try 100% also do u like shiro