Just as reports of farmers struggling with Roundup-resistant weeds have been hot in the headlines recently, we're been told that when we buy blended teas (such as herbal teas) we're not just getting the peppermint we payed for. We're also getting trees and parsley.
Am I the only person who thinks that if your farming techniques don't include some kind of sorting or quality control, then maybe it's time to downscale? Let's think about this. Produce that's farmed to a massive scale doesn't often make the cut of high-end high-price high-quality stuff that you see in special plastic bags marked "ecological/organic/biodynamic" (I don't know what's ecological about the special plastic bags though). Products farmed to industrial scale retail for low prices. That's because the most expensive thing known to man (read: large corporations) is manual labour. I don't know of any farming machine that boasts a "human touch" when it comes to separating the wheat from the chaff. So, who buys this stuff and then complains it's crap? There's a saying that goes "you get what you pay for". If you're buying a herbal tea for 3,50 kr per box and the majority of the "tea" is tree-parts, then I somehow feel that you've forfeited your right to complain. I'm sure you know that trees are also part of the plant family so when they say it's "herbal" they're not quite lying. To paraphrase: it would be a different story if you were paying for 80% Grand Cru Criollo and received Lys Melk in a bar from Karamellkungen.
I was told once that there's no such thing as a free lunch. I've found that to be all too true.
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