during the second world war there were cafes run which offered cheap and nutritious meals. I cant remember what they were called, but they helped many, especially the shift workers. Why cant we do the same, as the costs incurred (these cafes were not free) would save so much in medical budgets.
Naafis, they were called.
As a point even before Nixon, the powers that be in America, in other words the money people who get their candidate in. Have been given a major world problem after WW2! Because they were the only economy not wrecked by the war, maybe except Switzerland were beholden to these very few money people who obviously made huge profits on the war providing war materiel and food for those countries that suffered so much. In other words the world owed a lot of money for the recovery.
But the problem was regardless of the slaughter, the population was just about to expand and things had to change. The western and parts of the 'free world' would not be able to feed itself because the agriculture sector could not create enough food as it was.
This Americanisation of the world, which has dominated the free trade agreements, needed to maximise development of farming methods and produce cheap food for the masses. Industrial revolution and huge swathes of land were given over to mass produce grains and vegetables. The scientists were told to find better yield of these foodstuffs, and better production methods. This does include dairy farms.
The t.v. meal, was in its infancy, the food production industry were given orders to find a way to mass produce food.
Among other things, better transport links, better shipping, better production and an easier way to get food to the masses which were cheap.
And of course cheap labour, especially from undeveloped countries, this of course, lead to deforestation, overfishing, overuse of land, exploitation, and if you are aware of American history and how they have dealt with industrial unrest.
This was a plan developed to offset hunger and poverty by the cheapest, most profitable business model.
This was not new, we the British fought a war to protect the trade of opium from Afghanistan.
As with quite a few wars, it's either religion or resources that starts them.
What a wonderful world!