Source: Tamar Haspel, WASHINGTON POST, 12/4/17

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Have you heard that junk food is cheaper than fruits and vegetables because of the farm bill? It sure seems reasonable, because the ingredients in the junk — sugar from corn, oil from soy, flour from wheat — benefit from far more subsidy money than broccoli and beets. This truism was repeated last month by arguably the most influential person in the sustainable-food movement, author Michael Pollan.

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