[projectileboy]

The difference between what cocoa farmers get paid vs what chocolate companies make selling their product is so enormous that I find this article incredibly offensive. But the chocolate industry has a very long history of this kind of shameless exploitation.

[votepaunchy]

Is this true of farming in general? How much does the cost of a loaf of bread compare to price paid to the farmer for the wheat?

[singularity2001]

I just learned the trivia that for milk in Germany the ratio was around 30% going to farmers which seemed surprisingly good

[sofixa]

To be fair, milk doesn't undergo that much treatment compared to bread or chocolate.

[plasticchris]

Always has been. Middlemen eat most of the margin. A bushel of wheat is cheaper than a fancy loaf of bread.