tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post6986315982413036411..comments2024-03-22T10:56:23.359+02:00Comments on Land and People: Why the poor eat badlyRami Zuraykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644937988631864952noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-6466853048973380082010-01-27T19:02:29.327+02:002010-01-27T19:02:29.327+02:00Note that it is the corn syrup and corn by product...Note that it is the corn syrup and corn by products in question here. Price subsidies for a mono-crop agricultural economy here in the midwest have turned my state and every neighboring state into one big cornfield. The price of all the healthy foods has increased by a large amount, while the cheap food, the mac and cheese...and soda have all stayed cheap. Likewise in the last few decades our cities have changed causing the smaller groceries and supermarkets to go under. The result being that people have to drive three or more miles to go buy food, which they will buy in bulk and thus avoid purchasing anything that might spoil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163876234969175446.post-26772071925926002112007-05-17T13:58:00.000+03:002007-05-17T13:58:00.000+03:00That sounds as if it could be true, but I don't to...That sounds as if it could be true, but I don't totally agree with it. Fruits and vegetables aren't that expensive you know..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com