What a wa$te

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“It's only called waste when it's in the wrong place, and you don't know what to do with it."

An industry friend shared this quote; isn't it just delightfully accurate?

It's only called waste when you haven't found a customer willing to pay more for it, a higher-value purpose...yet.

Question: How many agricultural empires have been built around finding new uses and markets for what was previously considered waste?

Answer: many.

Financial arbitrage is cool and all, but arguably the highest-impact arbitrages in agriculture involve turning the waste of a low-value commodity into a higher-value commodity.

Let's call it commodity arbitrage.