By skyforbes I have lost everything, and I'm not sure how to continue. This summer I invested $80,085 (six months salary and my entire life savings) into red lentil futures, hoping to capitalize on the lucrative emerging plant-based protein industry. After watching a video about David Protein and his exclusive-patented EPG, I decided I'd try to invest in something similar with another type of vegetable product. I did some research and found out many agricultural forecasters expected this year's lentil yield would be far smaller than the past, due to deteriorating soil conditions in central India and Australia and a warmer-than-average spring. Early this month, demand soared and prices skyrocketed, but the legume loot train ground to a halt on October 21st. Unfortunately, the tariffs caused a massive drop-off in demand due to fewer families travelling for Diwali, and prices plummeted. I had invested early enough that I thought I would still be fine, but then this morning, a new email in my inbox caused my heart to drop like a beyond beef patty going straight onto a sizzling hot George Foreman. The massive red lentil shipment from Canada, scheduled for early December, had arrived. I was planning on selling off my futures right before this, by Thanksgiving, but this ruined everything. To top it off, the lentils in this shipment were absolutely drenched, most of the sacks were growing mold, causing the price-per-pound to plummet into the range of six-seven cents per pound. I am cooked.