"Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind."

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"Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind."

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"Yet food is something that is taken for granted by most world leaders despite the fact that more than half of the population of the world is hungry."

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"I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front."

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