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Any kind of food you eat is going to have an impact on the world. If you switch to tofu and get off meat, the soy bean is doing enormous damage in the Amazon and all throughout South America.

Michael Pollan

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Michael Pollan
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 6
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