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The whole food system is pretty horrifically gerrymandered. Start with the fact that according to the USDA, if it's not corn, potatoes, wheat or soy, it's a "specialty crop." Carrots? Specialty crop. Spinach? Specialty crop. Apples? Specialty crop. Not "food." That's not even getting into beef subsidies, wheat subsidies, etc. If you haven't read The End Of Food you should.The problem is that (and I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here, so forgive me) there are so many externalities built into a goddam Big Mac, the the true price probably is the same price as that place in Pico.