Penny-pinching

One out of every three dollars we spend on health care, by some recent estimates, is paying for the damage of bad eating habits.

The perception of organic food as an elite privilege is a considerable obstacle to the farmer growing food for middle-income customers whose highest food-shopping priority is the lowest price. Raising food without polluting the field or the product will always cost more than the conventional mode that pushes costs to taxpayers and the future.

At any income level, we can be relied upon for categorically unnecessary purchases. And grocery money is an odd sticking point for U.S. citizens, who on average spend a lower proportion of our income on food than people in any other country, or any in history. It's interesting that penny-pinching is an accepted defense for toxic food habits, when frugality so rarely runs other consumer domains.