Polly burman is a social media editor at the economist. A bottle of pink sauce costs 20 dollars and went viral on tiktok. It was once forbidden to sell home made food for profit in america. That has changed with what's called cottage food laws. These are supposed to help small producers. They allow people to sell food from home without a permit. The rules have broadened since the pandemic. And now ther business i spoke to had to hire help to understand them.
The worst predictions for costs have not come to pass, partly because Russia is selling plenty of wheat. But plenty of food-price woe may still await. We examine the curious re-appearance of the polio virus in the West. And the trials of “Pink Sauce” reveal the perils of being a cottage-food producer—or consumer—in the social-media age.
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