Food may be cheap, but is it a bargain?

Here is a link to a LA Times blog recently written on the negative externalities associated with our current food systems-- all the negative repercussions that actually cost our society a lot that are not taken into account when we pay for our food at restaurants and the grocery store.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/dailydish/2009/08/theres-been-a-lot-of-talk-lately-about-how-cheap-our-food-is-what-with-value-meals-and-discounts-galore-i-recently.html