My swell friend Aaron sent me a link to this NY Times article. The article offers interesting insight as to why junk food is cheap food: most of it is wheat, corn and soy--three of the five commodities (add rice and cotton) that 92% of the 2002 Farm Bill spends $25 billion a year subsidizing.
Wheat, corn and soy! Two of the most common allergies recognized by the FDA, and soy, which has a super sketchy history with the government and which, well, messes people up.
The article cites a study revealing that one can buy 1,200 calories of cookies or chips for $1, but only 250 calories of carrots.
Dang.
No wonder people can't afford to eat well.... and no wonder farmers can't afford to farm :(
what are we going to do about it?
Farm Bill expires in 2008.
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