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I think the biggest impediment to fixing the food system in the United States is that we expect food to be cheap. We want to by other things with our money. We're so disconnected from agriculture - from the culture in agriculture.
Alice Waters
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Alice Waters
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: April 28
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Alice Louise Waters
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