Comments on: Healthy food costs more http://policywise.net/2007/12/05/healthy-food-costs-more/ Policy Matters Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Amit http://policywise.net/2007/12/05/healthy-food-costs-more/#comment-1144 Amit Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:34:36 +0000 http://policywise.net/2007/12/05/healthy-food-costs-more/#comment-1144 I just read the NYT blog article that mentions the study. "higher-calorie, energy-dense foods are the better bargain for cash-strapped shoppers" What a load of crap!!! Is this what's passing for "scientific study" these days?? LOL I just read the NYT blog article that mentions the study.
“higher-calorie, energy-dense foods are the better bargain for cash-strapped shoppers”
What a load of crap!!! Is this what’s passing for “scientific study” these days?? LOL

]]> By: Amit http://policywise.net/2007/12/05/healthy-food-costs-more/#comment-1143 Amit Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:24:47 +0000 http://policywise.net/2007/12/05/healthy-food-costs-more/#comment-1143 BongoP'o'ndit: Your post is missing a very essential ingredient that goes into making "junk food" cheaper when compared to healthy food - subsidies (basically our tax money) given to agri-businesses. And I was wondering what did you mean by "health food" and "junk food"? Did you mean organic food? Are you talking about produce (fruits+vegetables) or packaged, processed food? I don't know if you've already seen/read, but the following are good resources to find out more about food issues and the way it works in the US: - King Corn (movie) - Fast Food Nation (book, also movie) [Eric Schlosser] - The Way We Eat (book) [Peter Singer] - Omnivore's Dilemma (book) [Michael Pollan] (also has a web-site) - Food Politics (book) [Food Politics] (also has a website) These will give you an excellent look under the hood/behind the scenes. Also google "Farm Bill 2007" for more info. I think Oxfam has a write-up on it. Also do the "more costs" involved w/ healthy eating also take into account external costs like a. water and soil pollution due to conventional farming b. loss of nutrient rich top-soil c. visits to the hospital as a result of eating excess "junk food"? I'd think that once you take all those costs into consideration, you may get a different picture and possibly "healthy foods" may come out to be cheaper. What do you say? :) BongoP’o'ndit:

Your post is missing a very essential ingredient that goes into making “junk food” cheaper when compared to healthy food - subsidies (basically our tax money) given to agri-businesses.

And I was wondering what did you mean by “health food” and “junk food”? Did you mean organic food? Are you talking about produce (fruits+vegetables) or packaged, processed food?

I don’t know if you’ve already seen/read, but the following are good resources to find out more about food issues and the way it works in the US:
- King Corn (movie)
- Fast Food Nation (book, also movie) [Eric Schlosser]
- The Way We Eat (book) [Peter Singer]
- Omnivore’s Dilemma (book) [Michael Pollan] (also has a web-site)
- Food Politics (book) [Food Politics] (also has a website)
These will give you an excellent look under the hood/behind the scenes.

Also google “Farm Bill 2007″ for more info. I think Oxfam has a write-up on it.

Also do the “more costs” involved w/ healthy eating also take into account external costs like
a. water and soil pollution due to conventional farming
b. loss of nutrient rich top-soil
c. visits to the hospital as a result of eating excess “junk food”?
I’d think that once you take all those costs into consideration, you may get a different picture and possibly “healthy foods” may come out to be cheaper. What do you say? :)

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