American Still Have Cheapest Food Supply in the World
Despite Increasing Prices
In a press release today James Garner said, "Many Americans don't realize that we enjoy the safest, most affordable food supply in the world, thanks to our country's farmers. This year, our corn growers are helping us to solidify a more secure energy future by also producing corn for cleaner-burning renewable ethanol. I hope others will join me in thanking corn growers for helping fill our grocery shelves and still filling our cars with renewable fuel." (Thank Farmers PR)
It will surprise many American who are only seeing the price of food going up and the many news reports revolving around the increase in food prices to find out that despite this they still enjoy the cheapest food in the world.
After the US in food supply cheapness is Finland followed by France, New Zealand, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Japan. In India families on average spend half of their budgets on just food. Many European countries spend double the amount on food than Americans. Much of this can be attributed to America's farmers.
Garner says "Collectively America's farmers have harvested the largest corn crop in history this year. With increasingly demanding food, feed and fuel needs to meet, they've worked hard to ensure our food supply is not only safe and secure, but plentiful enough to meet all demands and retain affordable food prices consumers have come to expect." (Thank Farmers PR)
An economist, Jim McLaren, looking at today's corn prices has said, "While corn prices have increased in recent months, economic analysis shows that when adjusted to real dollars without inflation, corn is a bargain at prices cheaper than 20 years ago." He went on to say, "Combining these factors with farm production that continues to grow help keep America's food supply the cheapest on Earth. Our nation's farmers are really one of our country's greatest natural resources." (Thank Farmers PR)
To begin this festive season of why not send your own personal thanks to American farmers, getting to the roots of what Thanksgiving is all about. You can do this by going to the Thank Farmers video. Participating in this thanks will also enter you in a contest where you will have the chance to win $1,500.
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5 Comments
Post a CommentNot only are we paying additionally for food through taxes (less than Europeans though, by the way), this article mixes things up in a pretty serious way. Americans EARN more than almost any other people in the world. It is only natural, then, that less of their income would have to go to food. It does not have to have anything to do with the prices! Comparing America to India and implying that Indian food is expensive based on percentage of income is ludicrous!
Well written.
I second your comments Micah- this is indeed a fluff piece of propaganda. American agribusiness has far more in common with mining and extraction industries than it does with 'farming.'
I didn't realize that Americans spent less of our income on food that the rest of the world - interesting.
This is fluff. American "farmers" are heavily subsidized by taxpayer dollars, meaning that we have the taxpayers to thank for absurdly low food prices. Yes, you will pay one way or the other.
On top of this, American "farmers", actually just businessmen now with nary a speck of dirt under their manicured nails, are busy killing the soil, rivers, and oceans with massive amounts of fertilizers and pesticides, because they never learned in ag-school how to make superior compost and deal with pests through companion planting. Their only solution is to kill anything in a field that is not corn, and they've been destroying biodiversity and inches of topsoil a year.