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Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for.

Frances Moore Lappé

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Frances Moore Lappé
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: February 10
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Pendleton
Oregon
Frances Moore Lappe
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