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Cheap food hurts the farmers and it still doesn’t help the tens of thousands of kids who go to bed hungry every night.
by JustSomeNobody 8y ago
Cheap food hurts the farmers and it still doesn’t help the tens of thousands of kids who go to bed hungry every night.
- jfengel 8y agoNor does it help the obese people, of whom we have an increasing number. The causes of obesity are complicated, but at least some of it is due to poor-quality food. We grow a lot of food, but a lot of the same thing: starch (maize, potatoes, wheat) and meat (beef, chicken, pork). Those were great when the problem was to few calories, but that stopped being the case a long time ago. We still eat as if we were starving. It would be great if it were easier to encourage farmers to grow a variety of non-starchy vegetables -- including having quick-service restaurants that would serve them. That would take a pretty substantial reconfiguration of the American diet, but it would be better for us.