my immediate reaction was to blame food prices (and gender roles), so i was surprised to read that food prices in ohio have risen less than other products. i am pretty sure that's not the case here in chile, and i thought that it was a global effect (there have been various "scares" related to poor harvests over the last few years). see, for example, http://www.ft.com/intl/indepth/rising-food-prices

so how come food prices are so stable in ohio?