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In a world of growing food demand, Africa is home to two-thirds of the world's unexploited arable land. -- Mo Ibrahim
I have a generally optimistic temperament and am thrilled by what I see as a rapidly growing food movement, especially among young people who care about how food is produced and what it does to their health and the environment. -- Marion Nestle
much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.). -- Frances Moore LappÃ©
Landmines are among the most barbaric weapons of war, because they continue to kill and maim innocent people long after the war itself has ended. Also, fear of them keeps people off the land, and thus prevents them from growing food. -- Kofi Annan
I knew early on that we needed to settle the food problem because if you can grow food it's empowering. In fact I believe growing food is one of the most dangerous occupations on the face of this earth because you're in danger of becoming free. -- Jules Dervaes
Change the food in the schools and we can influence how children think. Change the curriculum and teach them how to garden and how to cook and we can show that growing food and cooking and eating together give lasting richness, meaning, and beauty to our lives. -- Alice Waters
We've gotten so good at growing food that we've gone, in a few generations, from nearly half of Americans living on farms to 2 percent. We no longer think about how the wonderful things in the grocery store got there, and we'd like to go back to what we think is a more natural way. -- Nina Fedoroff
I probably grow half my food. It's a good way to keep perspective. -- Emilio Estevez
You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green. -- Shalom Harlow
We should all grow our own food and do our own waste processing, we really should. -- Bill Gates
Food and the way we grow it and produce it are a major cause of environmental degradation. -- Jose Andres Puerta
That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible. -- Daryl Hannah
You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together. -- Adam Gopnik
It's become more readily apparent that we need to be growing our own food and growing more things organically. -- Nell Newman
Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms. -- Jose Andres Puerta
I think someday, out in space, perhaps, some people might be able to grow some of their own food or hopefully on another planet. -- Kevin A. Ford
I was the youngest of six kids, so yeah, feeding myself was important, but it's not like I was obsessed with food growing up. -- Jim Gaffigan
The packaged food business environment is very Darwinian. You're fighting for survival every year; you evolve and grow or you die. It's really that simple. -- Douglas Conant
Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food, and that inspires me. -- Laura Mvula
It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat. -- Arthur Potts Dawson
If you're using first-class land for biofuels, then you're competing with the growing of food. And so you're actually spiking food prices by moving energy production into agriculture. -- Bill Gates
I saw 'Food, Inc.' last night - it was like a horror movie. I'm definitely thinking about my food supply now and how I want to grow my own. -- Lauren Ambrose
It's more than just high quality food for the family table; it's growing the food in a way that does not harm the environment. That gives me emotional well-being that is important to me. -- Robert Patterson
I actually didn't grow up in a household that loved Chinese food particularly, and it's not really my go-to food or anything... We were more a pizza family, being from the Chicago area and all. -- Jami Attenberg
I didn't grow up vegan or vegetarian. I grew up with junk food! And because of the way I ate before changing my diet, I can truly understand the challenges of making changes and stepping away from foods that provided a form of comfort and happiness growing up, but finding out that most of what I loved was really bad for me! -- Kim Barnouin
Imagine people growing hemp and making everything from food to fuel without petroleum! -- Josh Tickell
Every grain of experience is food for the greedy growing soul of the artist. -- Anthony Burgess
There's something sexy in cooking for a man who likes my food. Am I growing up? -- Joseph Boyden
We're only truly secure when we can look out our kitchen window and see our food growing and our friends working nearby. -- Bill Mollison
Yes, you should be healthy and take care of yourself, but growing up, I've seen people who have horrible issues with food. -- Emma Stone
We are stronger as a group than an individual. Think in a cooperative and communal way, set up local food hubs and create growing communities. -- Arthur Potts Dawson
We do take seriously our responsibility, and growing ability, to educate people about healthy eating and giving them greater access to nourishing and affordable fresh food. -- John Mackey
The environmentalists say capitalism is killing our oceans, air, land, and forests. Capitalists argue that they provide food, fuel, and building materials for a growing world. -- Robert Kiyosaki
When I was young and growing up overweight, I believed the "eaten" was more powerful than the "eater," meaning the food was more powerful than I was. -- Daphne Oz
The time has come to reclaim the stolen harvest and celebrate the growing and giving of good food as the highest gift and the most revolutionary act. -- Vandana Shiva
Growing food was the first activity that gave us enough prosperity to stay in one place, form complex social groups, tell our stories, and build our cities. -- Barbara Kingsolver
The growing attention Americans are paying to what they put into their mouths has touched off a new scramble by the processed-food companies to address health concerns. -- Michael Moss
When I was growing up, I was eating fast food every day. I'd drink soda non-stop, candy, just everything. It was horrible. My go-to was McDonald's, for sure. -- Ryan Lochte
I am confident that we will see a growing consensus about the most effective way to transform food in America: building a real, sustainable and free school-lunch program. -- Alice Waters
If you're growing up in times of peace and live in a country where there's plenty of food and good healthcare, you grow up without any relationship with death. -- Peter Morgan

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