You can easily buy a whole pound of non organic chicken for $7. Buy a family pack and freeze it and it's even cheaper per pound. Just saying this post is a bit of an exaggeration.
Where I live, chicken is freaking expensive, especially the coveted chicken breasts. A "family" pack costs a good $12-14, which isn't much. Sam's Club or Zaycon has the best brands, but that involves prepping and freezing. We definitely try to do that, but often times, I shop weekly to keep fresh fruits and veggies around, but it adds up :(
If you do your shopping right, you could have a healthy meal for 4 for $14. Don't buy chicken breasts, buy a whole chicken or a value pack and you can use it for 2 - 3 meals. Frozen veggies are $2 for a big bag, a sack of potatoes is pretty inexpensive. I think the problem is people taking (or finding) the time to cook, rather than buying prepared food.
Being educated about how to spend money on the proper nutrition is for the rich apparently. $14 could buy a lot of healthy food if you just put some energy into your grocery list and meal plan instead of continuing to eat the same crappy things your parents fed you and whine about the cost of things. And yeah you will probably also have to put energy into preparing food so eating healthy is not for the lazy. Lazy people tend to blame their problems on others.
Potato chips are freaking expensive. Especially compared to buying plain potatoes. Potatoes can (and maybe should be) a poor man's bread and butter, so to speak
There had actually been lots of research recently into crickets and cricket flour specifically. Taking the rest of the world into consideration, it's actually weird for us not to eat bugs. Not saying I'm going to eat them, but it is at least an upcoming trend
It's caused by....oh, let's see....the baby boomers.