Our cheap food comes at a high price

When we demand cheap food, should we be surprised when our food is cheap? Not so long ago, close-to-death "downer" cows were ground into our food supply, and we are still getting exactly what we ask for -- stuff that hardly resembles food; garbage that, if tested, would often qualify as inedible and dangerous waste. This gutfill is so low in nutritional value and so high in unhealthy chemicals -- and has been consumed by us for so long -- that we are suffering from unprecedented levels of degenerative diseases and health-care costs.

...Even though what we eat is crucial for our health, we have become proud of finding the cheapest prices for everything. We are hypocrites: We celebrate the $1 price tag and then worry about our children's obesity, our high blood pressure, diabetes and heart disease.