Why we're fat

Derek Thompson at The Atlantic passes on this awesome chart:

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Exactly what I was going to say, Ag....

What's with the variability of butter prices since '99?

Butter is very healthful it messes up your trend line.

I am interested in the trend line on margarine which is terrible processed crap.

And yet, unhealthy food is still subsidized. Sigh...

The wider availablility of organic produce must have allowed for increased profit margins on "inorganic" produce...