American Still Have Cheapest Food Supply in the World

The United States Department of Agriculture has said that the average American spends only 10 percent of their disposable income on groceries. This is the lowest amount in the world where in some counties, such as India up to 50 percent of a person's disposable income is spent on food. This is why James Garner has said today that Americans need to thank their farmers for keeping food costs a small portion of their budgets even though price have gone up.

In a press release today James Garner said, "Many Americans don't realize that we enjoy the safest, most affordable food supply in the world, thanks to our country's farmers. This year, our corn growers are helping us to solidify a more secure energy future by also producing corn for cleaner-burning renewable ethanol. I hope others will join me in thanking corn growers for helping fill our grocery shelves and still filling our cars with renewable fuel." (Thank Farmers PR)

It will surprise many American who are only seeing the price of food going up and the many news reports revolving around the increase in food prices to find out that despite this they still enjoy the cheapest food in the world.

After the US in food supply cheapness is Finland followed by France, New Zealand, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain and Japan. In India families on average spend half of their budgets on just food. Many European countries spend double the amount on food than Americans. Much of this can be attributed to America's farmers.

Garner says "Collectively America's farmers have harvested the largest corn crop in history this year. With increasingly demanding food, feed and fuel needs to meet, they've worked hard to ensure our food supply is not only safe and secure, but plentiful enough to meet all demands and retain affordable food prices consumers have come to expect." (Thank Farmers PR)