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Eaters must understand, how we eat determines how the world is used.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Determines
Determine
Understand
Used
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World
Eaters

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