I'll bite for Nightrider's post.
Let's use restaurants as an example. The way I see it as a consumer is if they do not serve what I like to eat or the facility isn't clean then I'm going to spend money elsewhere. There are so many shanty restaurants that are dirty, poor food prep, poor customer support, etc that Id rather eat elsewhere. Does that mean Ill go to the cleaner restaurant? In terms of food; absolutely.
If you apply it to smaller cornerstone mom and pop stores they'll have what I need EXCEPT that one ingredient. Sometimes that means I have to go to the shady, fish smelling Viet store.
If we want Hmong people to build ANYTHING within strict specifications then education is the only answer. How do you expect Hmong to build ships, cars, appliances if they don't understand why you have to follow guidelines and the reasoning for that? You could tell them to pull this lever, push that button and anyone can do that. To innovate further requires some more work.
I'm not even suggesting that it can't be done. We are very resilient people and we just need to find a market.
In terms of farming, Hmong elders understand this better than myself so I can see how a grow op is a more viable solution; albeit with super strict regulations and what not. The problem is one person opens a grow op, another Hmong person will open one.
Things are improving and I agree it is difficult to see hard working people suffer but that's competition and convenience. If you can't adjust that then there's not much you can do. I for one will try to support local businesses but I'm a consumer who wants my product.