http://civileats.com/2009/10/09/scientists-respond-to-sen-grassley%e2%80%99s-criticism-of-time-magazine-piece-%e2%80%98getting-real-about-the-high-price-of-cheap-food%e2%80%99/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:19:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://civileats.com/2009/10/09/scientists-respond-to-sen-grassley%e2%80%99s-criticism-of-time-magazine-piece-%e2%80%98getting-real-about-the-high-price-of-cheap-food%e2%80%99/comment-page-1/#comment-4179 Paul Kobulnicky Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:15:13 +0000 http://civileats.com/?p=5241#comment-4179 The "public's call for cheap food" just does not ring true to me. I do believe that the public grouses about increases in food costs but the public has never been asked to carefully consider all of the costs associated with food supply and has never been presented with real choice. People will always want the things they want to be as cheap as possible ... if the only question is price. But, once you factor in other issues like health then there are different discussions and choices. Who now, for example, wants to buy e-coli laden beef at any cheap price? The public's demand for "cheap" is diversionary argument. The “public’s call for cheap food” just does not ring true to me. I do believe that the public grouses about increases in food costs but the public has never been asked to carefully consider all of the costs associated with food supply and has never been presented with real choice. People will always want the things they want to be as cheap as possible … if the only question is price. But, once you factor in other issues like health then there are different discussions and choices. Who now, for example, wants to buy e-coli laden beef at any cheap price? The public’s demand for “cheap” is diversionary argument.

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