I hear many players saying this, but will it actually happen? Players who were too cheap to buy food will likely continue to do so. The bigger issue is the shear number of culinarians in existence already. The food market will likely plummet, at least until all the stale food is bought up.

Here's something to consider though... The consumer never cares about the plight of the provider. Those consumers are the same people charging crafters 400+ gil per egg, yet whining even deviled eggs cost over 500 gil? I personally gather my own materials, and this means having to deal with farmers head on. Nasty people they are...