{"id":1603,"date":"2010-03-21T01:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-21T01:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/?p=1603"},"modified":"2015-09-14T20:21:43","modified_gmt":"2015-09-15T00:21:43","slug":"why-does-a-salad-cost-more-than-a-big-mac-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodynsoil.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/why-does-a-salad-cost-more-than-a-big-mac-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why does a salad cost more than a Big Mac<\/h3>\n

This post comes from “The Real Fitness Nerd<\/a>” who kinda cracks me up a times..<\/p>\n

This is what he had to say about subsidizing certain industries more than others:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Salad

Salad Cost more than Big Mac<\/p><\/div>\n

“In case you’re not much of a graphic reader, American produce farmers get less than .5% of our federal food production subsidies. Apparently, congress feels dairy farming is far more challenging and therefore needs a little (lot) more help. Lame. Produce farming is every bit as hard. What do they think, that fruit just grows on trees?<\/p>\n

Well, technically it does, I suppose, but you know what I’m talking about.”<\/p>\n

He also provides an link to this article that discusses the subsidy program and is an interesting read:\u00a0 Good Medicine (PCRM)<\/p>\n

The graphic via The Consumerist<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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