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I believe there should be breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, all for free and for every child that goes to school. And all food that is good, clean and fair. It's unfair to charge for food in schools, especially to charge for food that is making children sick.

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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