...is that you're describing a DEEPLY dysfunctional agricultural system. The system you're describing sounds like it's on the verge of collapse. How can that be? People need to eat. Why is it like this? How can we change that?

And I don't blame subsidies for obesity as much as I blame over-processed food and the marketing that sells it. The main take-away from that conference is what a lot of us already know: We're not really eating that much more; the food we're eating is of much lower quality.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor