Response to Blog- Future of Food

This is a response to Sarah's blog where do you think the world is heading diet wise? OK so as I ave stated in one of my posts, I think we are heading towards the jetsons age where food comes in pill form and all you need is water. I mean look at the crap we have to consume, boil-in a-bag rice? instant mac and cheese? instant mashed potatoes? eleven year old Twinkies that are still edible? Like really? none of this stuff is good for us and that is why we have so much health issues and so many strong emotions about health care due to the fact that people are getting sick and it is the food that is killing us. It all revolves around convenience and money, which I think is sad. One fact that I read in Michael Pollan's The Omnivores Dilemma was that we spend so much on flat screen tv's, cars, big sound systems and other material things, but when it comes to our food we have to compromise? I mean yea real organic food is tough on the pocket and rare to come by because there isn't always a local farmers market around, but still people  compromise when it comes to food. It is the compromising that is going to lead to more "convenient" packaged food, and more health issues. I mean if we look at genetic engineering now a days, it is just getting worse and worse. I think the future of food is a bleak one unless we initiate change. We need to support local forms and fight for big industries to become transparent so we can see what is happening with our food. Unless we initiate change it won't happen. On that note, my question is, do you think that convenience and cheapness of food is something to consider even though you are compromising your health?