Palm Beach County, Florida is the third largest agricultural county in the nation in terms of output, and most of it is built on the drained marshes of the Everglades. The high organic matter and carbon content of the soil is causing the soil to vanish at an alarming rate. The large amounts of carbon in the soil that mixed with oxygen were previously encased in water when they were part of the Everglades. These are now exposed to air and mixing with oxygen to form carbon dioxide, so that effectively the soil is evaporating. Sugar cane is one of the most protected agricultural commodities and high fructose corn syrup is one of the most highly subsidized. Proving that like any foraging mammal, sweetness is what we value most in our food. .