Migrant labor, agricultural subsidies, petro-chemical subsidies, and transportation subsidies (socialized roads) have resulted in the current state of affairs.

Migrant labor, agricultural subsidies, petro-chemical subsidies, and transportation subsidies (socialized roads) have resulted in the current state of affairs. The rural poor in the US still grow much of their own food. Even the not-so-poor. City dwellers need this super cheap, industrialized food, not the rest of us.