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> [Right now you're seeing more and more families reporting that they are skipping meals. They're having to give up meat. Mothers are foregoing food so their kids can have something. People are growing their own vegetables, not because they've gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/right-now-you-re-seeing-more-and-more-families-reporting-that-they/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

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> [I definitely think the price of food is going up. We need to figure out ways to manage that in a sustainable way. We have to figure out ways of increasing wages so people can afford it. That means redistribution,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/i-definitely-think-the-price-of-food-is-going-up-we-need-to-figure/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

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## More by Raj Patel

> [One of the most abused country on earth is Mexico. The marketing spills over the border, and people are persuaded to eat food that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/one-of-the-most-abused-country-on-earth-is-mexico-the-marketing/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [Right now you're seeing more and more families reporting that they are skipping meals. They're having to give up meat. Mothers are foregoing food…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/right-now-you-re-seeing-more-and-more-families-reporting-that-they/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [If fucking up takes practice.. i seem well rehearsed..!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/if-fucking-up-takes-practice-i-seem-well-rehearsed/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [The one thing that everyone knows about America is people will say, I know my rights. One of those rights is the right to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/the-one-thing-that-everyone-knows-about-america-is-people-will-say-i/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [I definitely think the price of food is going up. We need to figure out ways to manage that in a sustainable way. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/i-definitely-think-the-price-of-food-is-going-up-we-need-to-figure/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [I think we do need to worry about a food shortage, but we also need to worry about the quality of the food. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/i-think-we-do-need-to-worry-about-a-food-shortage-but-we-also-need-to/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [“studies are beginning to show that our ability to appreciate the intrinsic value of generosity, sharing and selflessness is central to maximizing our well-being.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/studies-are-beginning-to-show-that-our-ability-to-appreciate-the/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [When you have weird policy decisions in the United States that then ripple out throughout the world, the rest of the world really takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/when-you-have-weird-policy-decisions-in-the-united-states-that-then/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [I do think we have a food problem. In 2006, which is the year for which we have the latest data, 35.5 million Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/i-do-think-we-have-a-food-problem-in-2006-which-is-the-year-for-which/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [All of human history is about the going from sudden fat years to the sudden lean years. We've always had good times and bad,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/all-of-human-history-is-about-the-going-from-sudden-fat-years-to-the/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [“Today’s human activity isn’t exterminating mammoths through centuries of overhunting. Some humans are currently killing everything, from megafauna to microbiota, at speeds one hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/today-s-human-activity-isn-t-exterminating-mammoths-through-centuries/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [By the end of the 1960s, the United States owned more than half of the Indian rupee money supply, and that had been acquired…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/by-the-end-of-the-1960s-the-united-states-owned-more-than-half-of-the/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [The problem is that we are living now with the consequences of the others people mistake. It would be nice to make our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/the-problem-is-that-we-are-living-now-with-the-consequences-of-the/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [A fertilizer bomb that kills hundreds in Oklahoma. Fuel-laden civil jets that kill 4000 in New York. A sanctions policy that kills one and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/a-fertilizer-bomb-that-kills-hundreds-in-oklahoma-fuel-laden-civil/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

> [Food sovereignty... is most of all characterized by it’s conversations around how to end hunger and poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raj-patel/food-sovereignty-is-most-of-all-characterized-by-it-s-conversations/)

[Raj Patel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raj-patel/)

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