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Now that I know how supermarket meat is made, I regard eating it as a somewhat risky proposition. I know how those animals live and what's on their hides when they go to slaughter, so I don't buy industrial meat.

Michael Pollan

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