• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Food that’s bad for you is often cheap to transport and preserve for long periods. An apple will rot in weeks, but a twinkie can sit on a shelf for years.

    The industrialization of agriculture has been highly profitable for a handful of insiders and horrible for everyone else.

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      The industrialization of agriculture has been highly profitable for a handful of insiders and horrible for everyone else.

      Industrialization of agriculture is what keeps enough calories flowing from the farms to the people.

      Commercialization of foods - processed foods, fast food restaurants, chain restaurants, ex-tobacco industry leadership of the food companies, that’s the biggest driver of “horrible” - unless you’re profiting from the healthcare costs that are ballooning with American waistlines.