Marion Nestle has an excellent article describing how our “cheap” food is actually expensive when external costs are included.  Externalities include healthcare costs, safety and food illnesses, agricultural subsidies, etc.

Read more here:  http://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/04/externalized-costs/

 

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