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World Service,2 mins

In defence of processed food

The Food Chain

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Food historian Rachel Laudan says it's high time to move beyond nostalgia for an ideal past which never existed. She says that, without processed foods, we would still be toiling in the fields and kitchen, while more of us would be starving. (Photo: stringer. Credit:Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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