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Jim Costa: We are too many generations removed from the farm. We do not understand where our food comes from.

On the recordSeptember 23, 2011
We are too many generations removed from the farm. We do not understand where our food comes from.
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Jim Costa
Democratic · California

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Costa highlights the disconnect between people and food sources.

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