Because, over the last century, food has become worthless. ‘Improvements’ in so many areas have resulted in cheap, low nutrition foods, dead soil, over-leveraged farmers and consumers addicted to stuff; and cheap food. Food used to be a third of the household budget. Now it’s an eighth, or a tenth. After air and water, which are both free, our fundamental building block is insignificant in our budget, which means that the farmers aren’t getting the necessary price. We need to start valuing our food. Paying what is required for a stable supply of nutritious meals.
