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Marcy Kaptur: It seems kind of unusual to me that production agriculture is doing very well in the countryside and yet what we leave…

On the recordFebruary 16, 2012
It seems kind of unusual to me that production agriculture is doing very well in the countryside and yet what we leave urban dwellers with is stamps.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

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Kaptur highlights the disparity in food access between rural and urban areas.

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