Lower quality foods are generally cheaper, but its not because cheapness leads to low quality. Its because these foods are cheaper and more convenient that we put with their low quality.
Things cost what they cost because of what's involved in producing them.
A lot of cheap food is cheap because its factory food. It can be grown and processed using machinery, which makes the labor involved per meal very low. Wheat, soy bean oil and corn syrup.
Most vegetables cannot be grown using machinery (yet), but robots that can tend a plant intelligently, that can select and pick vegetables at the right time and assemble them into a meal, will eliminate most of the labor involved.
Things cost what they cost because of what's involved in producing them.
A lot of cheap food is cheap because its factory food. It can be grown and processed using machinery, which makes the labor involved per meal very low. Wheat, soy bean oil and corn syrup.
Most vegetables cannot be grown using machinery (yet), but robots that can tend a plant intelligently, that can select and pick vegetables at the right time and assemble them into a meal, will eliminate most of the labor involved.