afford for food vs afford food

Some examples from the web:

• Lastly, we cannot ignore the impact on the developing world of insecurity, particularly with the grain market, where countries that cannot afford to pay more for food are seeing a massive increase in their food bill.
• Policies to encourage healthy eating for people in Europe are central to the common agricultural policy and very important to low-income families who often cannot afford to pay for healthy foods.
• Look, Jessica could barely afford food.
• I can afford food of course.
• Sometimes they can't afford food, Dad.
• Can't we afford real food?
• This means he only required a third as much time in order to be able to afford this food.
• The government can no longer afford to import food from outside their own country.
• The abovementioned food aid programme for the most deprived people in the Community is intended to help people in difficulty who cannot afford basic foods.
• If a person can't afford dog food they shouldn't have a dog.
• And very poor people - they couldn't afford to buy food from elsewhere.
• Of course we have to be watchful on behalf of those who cannot afford to buy food at normal prices.
• This is a purchasing power crisis, which hits the most destitute who can no longer afford to buy food.
• People in the poor regions are no longer able to afford food at high farm prices, and farmers in highly developed regions are no longer able to produce food at low farm prices because it is not profitable at that level.
• Food prices are rising rapidly and to such an extent that many inhabitants of poor countries can no longer afford the most basic foods.
• But bad news for me because I can't even afford to buy dog food.
• In the present climate we cannot afford to decrease EU food production and be less competitive in our market-leading potential.
• Now, most school districts can't really afford organic food, but we, as a nation, have to start thinking about consuming, growing and feeding our children food that's not chock-full of chemicals.
• Therefore, farmers in developing countries face declining incomes and can neither grow their food nor afford to buy what is imported!
• In spite of apparent sufficiency of supplies, a significant proportion of the world population cannot afford the basic food it needs; accessibility of food remains a key issue to be dealt with.

Some examples from the web:

• Look, Jessica could barely afford food.
• Sometimes they can't afford food, Dad.
• I can afford food of course.
• People in the poor regions are no longer able to afford food at high farm prices, and farmers in highly developed regions are no longer able to produce food at low farm prices because it is not profitable at that level.