Curious Cook: The real cost of food

The link between food and pandemics can be traced to the destruction of large parcels of land to make way for agriculture and meat production, which then causes pathogens to mutate and find new hosts. — AFP Relaxnews

IT might sound strange to question the cost of food because it is easy to deduce the amount from your shopping or restaurant bills. Also, for most people in modern societies, the expenditure on food is not really a significant factor. So let us try asking the question another way:

“How much MORE would you willingly pay for the same food?”