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I am confident that we will see a growing consensus about the most effective way to transform food in America: building a real, sustainable and free school-lunch program.
Alice Waters
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Alice Waters
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: April 28
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Chatham Borough
New Jersey
Alice Louise Waters
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