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Denver Post: Spoiled (Food) System

Eating healthier comes with a price

Denver Post, Karen Auge
Published September 7, 2010

As Revisha Martinez pondered the cost of peaches and watermelon at her local King Soopers recently, she became the last stop in a complicated food-production system that critics believe has turned healthy eating into expensive eating. If Martinez wants each member of her household to have one peach, it'll cost her about $3. If she chooses Kraft macaroni and cheese, she can get 18 servings — with 400 calories and 580 milligrams of sodium in each — for the same price. The reasons fresh fruits and vegetables are so pricey compared with processed food in a carton are a complicated stew of government subsidies, politics and the whims of Mother Nature. Read more: Spoiled system: Eating healthier comes with a price for families - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15996357#ixzz0yrIsQ17R
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