You would have to raise the prices to compensate, which may or may not remove the people that pay full price. Additionally, the free and reduced lunch program would need more funding. The real solution, IMO, is state sponsered school lunches. Allow everyone to eat for free, eat as much as they want, etc. Also, most people will take a good free lunch over paying more for inferior food.
Some food is imported, but many food stuffs come from the states.
Yes, but even food grown in the states usually ends of travelling great distances, and yes, some crops are only produced in some regions, but MANY can be produced most places in this country, and many foods that could be produced locally are not. The real solution, IMO, is state sponsered school lunches. Allow everyone to eat for free, eat as much as they want, etc. This, I agree with completely. We force children to go to school all day, the least we can do is give them some real food .