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When I was a child, my mother made me and my brothers walk to several free-lunch programs. This would usually occur in the summer in the mid-1980s. We would walk several blocks in many directions and visit two or three schools, eating and bringing … [Read more...] about The Financial and Moral Effects of Food Waste
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