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In the seed and the soil, we find the answers to every one of the crises we face. The crises of violence and war. The crises of hunger and disease. The crisis of the destruction of democracy.
Vandana Shiva
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Vandana Shiva
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: November 5
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