Why are food prices so absurdly high and what could be done to fix this?

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Why are food prices so absurdly high and what could be done to fix this?

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In addition to what’s being said:

The west has lived for decades on the cheap labour of other countries. Nowadays, citizens of those countries are, slowly but surely, asking and getting fairer wages.

First world countries are discovering the true prices of things.