Quote by Susan George

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody predicted that production would be inadequate they got egg on their face a year or two later.

I used to work a lot on food issues and every time somebody

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This quote implies that the speaker has prior experience working on food-related matters. They highlight how individuals who made predictions about insufficient food production were proven wrong in the subsequent years. The phrase "got egg on their face" is used figuratively, suggesting that these individuals were embarrassed or proven inaccurate in their forecasts. Overall, the quote captures the speaker's skepticism towards predictions of future food shortages, based on their past encounters with such claims.

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