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[–] PotatoFarm 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not to entirely diss your point, because there is, of course, a very valid argument behind it.

However, @selpai mentioned something that is no secret for many of the people involved in the food industries. There are massive distortions forced from external entities that work against the consumer. And while price stability/food safety could have been the original reasons, it would be disingenuous to assume that the current situation is the result of following well thought regulations meant to protect the public.

I'll have to apologize because I don't have any source at the moment, but in general, the waste and abuse of certain food industries is baffling. I'm not going to say much about my involvement, but let just say that it took an external entity to force one of the biggest produce corporations of the world to change it's methods (In an example of the opposite of what we are arguing). The end result was a far more efficient/clean operation (waste was still ridiculous... but better), and the price for the consumer hardly changed.

As someone told me, the price we pay for our food hardly has to do with the production of the food itself, but the middlemen and poorly conceived regulations.