> Wouldn't prices just increase? Prices are already astronomically low given the subsidies. No one would pay for a $15-20 burger. > In addition to existing fa

> Wouldn't prices just increase? Prices are already astronomically low given the subsidies. No one would pay for a $15-20 burger. > In addition to existing farmland, we would need to convert large amoutns of existing natural environments areas like forests into farms. https://web.archive.org/web/20081216230507/https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/sb973/sb973.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20081216230507/https://www.ers.u... Well, given that the majority (more than 80%) of land is used for growing grass, wheat, soybean and corn for cattle there's no fear for vegetables. Although soy grown for human consumption is not popular now, it's the most efficient legume there is. More protein than a steak. This went a little bit off topic, although my point was that removing subsidies on food makes things tricky. Given that in some parts of US burger price is halved if not 20% of what it should be due to subsidies on water and corn and soybean etc.