American Farm Bureau Federation reports Fourth of July barbecue costs staying "stubbornly high" at $7.09 per person due to inflation and reduced food availability.

A big part of the problem is the highly industrialized nature of food production. Never before has food been grown in such vast quantities and shipped over such great distances.

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