I think maybe I've seen Hunts Point on the Food Network!
I'll send you some fresh Iowa sweetcorn overnight this July if you remind me.
Food is less expensive most of the time here (I used to travel out your way). Sweetcorn in the summer can be had for $.25/ear...from a guy in a parking lot who picked it an hour before. Farmer's markets are huge around here, for all types of products from May-September.
We (my family's farm) sell around 500 market lambs each year.
You know, that's one solution to the problem. We can all grow a victory garden.