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We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture.

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Alice Waters
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: April 28
Author
Chef
Restaurateur
Chatham Borough
New Jersey
Alice Louise Waters
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Food
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Culture
Children
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Agriculture

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