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In 1910, 40 cents of every dollar spent on food went to the farmer?and the other 60 cents went to things like seed producers, energy for running tractors and fertilizers for the fields. In 2008 only 8 cents of every dollar spent on food goes to the farmer and 19 cents goes to things like seeds and fertilizers to grow the food. A whopping 73 cents goes into marketing?things like packaging, refrigeration, advertising, trucking/shipping, supermarket fees etc. That?s right?the grand majority of your food dollar doesn?t go to the grower, or even into the food?it goes to oil companies, advertising agencies and packagers of food!

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