Food grown closer to home is greatly expensive for most people, as relatively few people live close to places where agriculture is particularly efficient. Corn

Food grown closer to home is greatly expensive for most people, as relatively few people live close to places where agriculture is particularly efficient. Corn locally grown here is never going to be as cheap as corn from Iowa, half of a country away. As transportation costs are rather minuscule fraction of the cost of the food, it is much cheaper to buy food from afar, where it’s cheaper than local food.