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I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.

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Alice Waters
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: April 28
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Chef
Restaurateur
Chatham Borough
New Jersey
Alice Louise Waters
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