Lower the cost of olive oil to increase home cooking and promote healthy lifestyles. There is growing research behind the Mediterranean diet and its benefits of cooking with olive oil. Using high quantities of olive oil used in every meal has been positively correlated with preventing the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
$17 for olive oil prevents people from purchasing it and contributes to the reliance on using unhealthy sources of fat instead - like vegetable oils.
By lowering the cost of olive oil via government subsidies, we can enhance the health of the people dramatically.