One of the primary reasons why food prices are increasing is this | There are too many middle men | If you look at the percentage of the food price the farmer contributes, you will find that it will be the smallest in the chain. Bitcoin should eliminate some of these middle men, and food should be bought directly from the farmers.
Which middlemen would you like to eliminate? I live in a huge city, are you suggesting I drive 100 miles each time I need to buy some tomatoes, and then drive to a lettuce farm for my lettuce? And do this 3 times a week?
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How much food spoils because it takes days before it reach the consumers.
Surprisingly little. Far less than what would spoil without the middlemen you want to oust.
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If the local farmer wants to sell his produce directly to the consumer, he should get the biggest percentage of the profit, and he will not have to receive reduced prices, because it gets exported and he gets higher prices on the global markets after the middle men took their cuts.
Not sure where you hail from, but here in US the farmers are free to sell their product to the highest bidder. If that bidder happens to be a middleman, so be it. If that bidder happens to be our government paying them not to plant, that's fine too. Free market and all that.
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Subsidized farmers in many countries are killing smaller local farmers in other countries due to cheaper imports and they have to sell at a loss to get rid of their produce. Let them rather sell directly to the consumer on these local markets.
Farmers are free to *not* accept subsidies. Government subsidies are just one of the tools a country can use to benefit its economy
I just found the tiny tab on the top and decided to check out what they are offering but the prices are so high I don't know if it's worth purchasing from Overstock. I guess it's expensive because it's organic produce and all but breakfast bundles with nothing special in them cost as mush as $70 what the heck? Do you know if someone is buying these as I am not from the USA just curious. Can you find better deals if you shop around in your local supermarkets? 
