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2 primary reasons.

A reservoir of easy to store for long periods of time food source is a national security issue for every state, so it tends to be subsidized everywhere.

Stable foods can be shipped and stored more cheaply.

This coupled with the native desire for salty/sweet/fat puts the modern human at a terrible disadvantage in our current environment.




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