And now we have a chance to reverse that the dietary guidelines will drive changes in American food culture. One of the reasons for that is that The US government subsidizes huge numbers of meals every day. $405 million a day from the USDA alone on Head Start, the Indian Health Services, the prison meals, school lunches, Wicks and all these other meal systems. And then we have the VA and the military. And the big question that people have is, are we going to be able to provide high quality food at a low enough cost that people can afford it? (03:06–03:26)
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