> Greens, veggies, decent fruits, meat, fish Potatoes are cheap because we have an industrial supply-chain for potatoes that developed and grew for a hundred y

> Greens, veggies, decent fruits, meat, fish Potatoes are cheap because we have an industrial supply-chain for potatoes that developed and grew for a hundred years. This is linked to the whole "Anglo-Irish" thing. Potatoes are also cheaper to grow and store. Greens and fruits are super-perishable and require lots of packaging and protection. > Making those your main source is highly unhealthy. I hope nobody is eating green onions as their main source of food. (I am being faceous) Civilizations have since the dawn of time had some kind of staple cereal crop that provided the majority of the caloric intake. It can be rice, millet, maize, wheat or potato. If you don't use one of these as your main source of calories -- yeah, your grocery bill is going to be expensive in any place and in any time. For sure -- food price inflation has gotten way more expensive this year and I have no idea how anyone lives in Toronto at the median household income. I think I agree with you, but maybe we have a different way of expressing things.