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Marcy Kaptur: “It is amazing to think that a million farmers can feed 270 million people in this country and a third more abroad.”

On the recordApril 14, 1999
It is amazing to think that a million farmers can feed 270 million people in this country and a third more abroad.
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Marcy Kaptur
Democratic · Ohio

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the agricultural capacity of American farmers.

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