[titanomachy]

Normal food can be even cheaper. You could probably indefinitely avoid starvation with dried rice and beans, oil, and a vitamin supplement for $2/day (in NA), without a big upfront cost. Poverty is complicated.

[mrguyorama]

You've ignored the cost of the home required to cook those things in, which is really the whole point.

(not directing at you, more explaining to those who didn't already know)

[rever]

That recent Boston(?)-based completely automated rice bowl startup plus drone delivery equals solved hunger