Nowadays, however, I live in a community relatively similar to the place where I grew up, and nothing for kids is allowed to come naturally.

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Ms. KRISTIE VILLALOBOS: This is the place where I thought my son would grow up with the culture that we grew up with, with the food that we grew up with, with my family that is now dispersed all over the country.

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Setting aside the farmers' vaunted place in American politics and social history (and I'm biased here--my father grew up on a farm and I spent my fair share of time on one), this has been a very good trend for America, and the world.

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