Comment by janalsncm

The US subsidizes the supply side and the demand side.

On the demand side, the US spends about $100B on SNAP (food stamps) and another $40B on subsidies for WIC (women infants children) and school lunches.

On the supply side, the US is currently directly subsidizing farms $20B and giving disaster relief to the tune of another $30B.

If you want to imagine how well the free market in the US would do, just think about what would happen if Congress cut off those funds.