Meat is becoming unaffordable to the masses as the US cattle herd dwindles. Price per pound for most cuts are 2-3 times per Covid prices and in my region the quality and taste has also dropped.
There is rarely fresh wild caught seafood sold in the supermarket anymore. The woke grocery stores tout “sustainable aquaculture” and “farm raise” seafood which means the product is cultivated in cess pools full of chemicals in third world nations. Chickens live their entire lives in cages stacked in grow houses where they are filled with growth hormones and chemicals, never touch the ground, and never experience natural light. Industrial hog farms raise thousands of hogs and are frequently cited for air and water pollution. Who knows what chemicals, hormones and pharmaceuticals are used in these modern farming operations, particularly operations outside the US.
Fruits and vegetables are also chemically and genetically altered, harvested before they are ripe and chemically gassed to ripen them while in transit. Like meats, many vegetables are tasteless and far from natural. Seeds are genetically manipulated resulting in crops producing plants that are sterile and cannot reproduce.
Much of our food supply today is produced by mega corporations around the world. They influence politicians and regulators with campaign contributions, jobs following retirement, research grants to ag schools, etc. Increasingly Food production is moving offshore where growing conditions, sanitation, and genetic and chemical manipulation is unseen by USDA inspectors.
Family farms in the US are being squeezed out of business by regulation, high land costs, high taxes, and lack of access to markets. The nation’s food supply is increasingly controlled and distributed by a few large corporations allied with big government. Ultimately they decide what you eat and how it is processed.
Home gardens are a good thing for your health if you can find a reliable source for non GMO seeds as well as natural fertilizer.
A good source for non-GMO and heirloom seeds is SEED SAVERS EXCHANGE or BAKER CREEK HEIRLOOM SEEDS.
As far as fertilizer goes raise your self about 20 chickens, chicken shit is the best fertilizer I have ever found.
Just make sure you age it outside for about a year first.
All the vegetables and mellons taste like real food, what we ate when I was a kid, garden ripened.
All the fruit off my orchard trees is tree ripened nothing tastes better!