Nobody should have to cry because they can't afford real food.

The omnivore’s other dilemma: expanding access to non-industrial food

After a moment, still with tear-filled eyes, she said, "You know, I want ... ," she wiped another tear away, " ... I want so badly to stop eating grocery store meat. It's terrible. Terrible for you. It tastes terrible. It's all full of crap, hormones, drugs, and God knows what."

I nodded.

"But this," she said, sweeping a hand over the meat case, "I just can't afford it, any of it."

Equally heart-wrenching and uplifting, this is a personal story from farmer Bob Comis about his experience selling his pasture-raised, local pork at a farmers' market. Via Grist.