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  • Usa.mw2.18.120.xs..The Caven Family with all of their material possessions, except for more boxes of books stored in the garage, American Canyon, California. Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco. The photograph was made by Peter Menzel and patterned after his 1994 book, Material World: A Global Family Portrait. {{Until 1995, the Caven's were living in San Diego, California, where they met while in school at the University of California, San Diego. Since then, they have lived in American Canyon. Regan (pronounced with a long ?e?) Ronayne works a part-time schedule as a college counselor at UC Berkeley, California, and Craig is a drama and history high school teacher in a school district north of American Canyon. Their two children attend a daycare center on the days that Regan works. Both parents have a substantial commute from their single-family home in American Canyon, California. They share childcare, but Regan is the main caregiver; she worked half time after Ryan was born and only recently has returned to working 4 days a week. Craig's position as drama teacher keeps him at work late at night during play rehearsals and performances; it's not unusual for him to get home after 9 p.m. although his day starts before 8 a.m.}} .{{Do the Cavens have a most treasured possession? Craig would choose his large collection of books that threatens to overwhelm the house. Regan chooses the family photo album. A small army of McDonald's Happy Meal toys inhabits a corner of the kitchen. There's a wooden swing and climbing set. The family has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen, a dining room/living room combination, a study and a garage. The Cavens are considering putting a second story on their house, which at 1100 square feet is bursting at the seams.}}.
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  • An overhead shot of the Caven family home in American Canyon, California. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Usa.mw2.700.xs..Craig Caven talks to a neighbor coming home from work, in the driveway of his American Canyon, California, home. {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). The Caven family in the kitchen of their home in American Canyon, California, with a week's worth of food. Craig Caven,  and Regan Ronayne, (holding Ryan), stand behind the kitchen island; in the foreground is Andrea. The Caven family is one of the thirty families featured in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 260).
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Craig Caven shopping for a weeks' worth of food at Raley's, a California grocery chain. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Caven family of American Canyon, California, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Rows of Campbell's soup cans line the shelves at Raley's, a California grocery chain. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (endpapers).
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Craig Caven takes a moment to ponder his family's weekly grocery list in one of the aisles of Raley's, a California grocery chain. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.) The Caven family of American Canyon, California, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • The Caven family's weekly shopping expedition to Raley's, a California grocery chain. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 262). The Caven family of American Canyon, California, is one of the thirty families featured, with a weeks' worth of food, in the book Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.
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  • Craig Caven of American Canyon, California going through the checkout counter as he is purchasing a weeks' worth of food for the upcoming food picture. He is shopping at Raley's, a California grocery chain. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). The Caven family stops at a McDonald's drive-thru in Napa, California, for Happy Meals on the way home from the weekly shopping expedition to Raley's, a California grocery chain. The high school where Craig teaches is on break this week, so the children are out of daycare and home with Dad. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 262).
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Children Andrea and Ryan are content in the backseat of the car after the Caven family stops at a McDonald's drive-thru in Napa, California, for Happy Meals on the way home from the weekly shopping expedition to Raley's, a California grocery chain. The high school where Craig teaches is on break this week, so the children are out of daycare and home with Dad. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Craig Caven enjoys a wrestling match with his son, while Andrea is watching cartoons on television. They are surrounded by debris from the Happy Meals they purchased at the drive-thru window of a McDonald's in Napa, California, on the way home from the weekly shopping expedition to Raley's, a California grocery chain. The high school where Craig teaches is on break this week, so the children are out of daycare and home with Dad. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • (MODEL RELEASED IMAGE). Momentarily suspending the wrestling match with his son, Craig tilts his head back to share a cartoon moment. They are surrounded by debris from the Happy Meals they purchased at the drive-thru window of a McDonald's in Napa, California, on the way home from the weekly shopping expedition to Raley's, a California grocery chain. The high school where Craig teaches is on break this week, so the children are out of daycare and home with Dad. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 263).
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  • Usa.mw2.21.xs..High School teacher Craig Caven reads Dr. Suess with his son Ryan before leaving for a family Easter picnic. {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • USA.mw2.31.xs..Andrea Caven (right) and other children in dance class at the American Canyon Community Center, American Canyon, California. Parents variously watch the practice and read the newspaper while waiting for their daughters. {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • Jumping for joy, Andrea Caven (second from left) works through the routines in her ballet class at the American Canyon Community Center. Parents (Regan on right, in UCSD sweatshirt) benevolently supervise from chairs along the wall. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 265).
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  • Craig Caven spends a moment with his son Ryan at the shallow end of the local American Canyon, California swimming pool. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Craig Caven spends a moment going over reading and other assignments with a few of his high school students in American Canyon, California. (Supporting image from the project Hungry Planet: What the World Eats.)
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  • Usa.mw2.42.xs..Teacher Craig Caven discusses performance with his drama students at the public high school where he teaches in Fairfield, California. {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • Usa.mw2.47.xs..Easter morning church service at American Canyon Baptist Church, American Canyon, California. {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • Usa.mw2.50.xs..Regan Ronayne (front left) and the small congregation sings during Easter morning church service at American Canyon Baptist Church, American Canyon, California. Her husband Craig doesn't attend but Regan sometimes brings her daughter Andrea (not in photo). {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • The next day, Easter Sunday, both Caven kids (Andrea, foreground, in pink; Ryan, foreground, holding egg) join Craig's family in Santa Rosa, 45 minutes away from their home in American Canyon, California, for their annual Easter egg hunt, complete with a man in an Easter Bunny suit. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (p. 264).
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  • Usa.mw2.51.xs..The annual Caven Family Easter Egg Hunt, at Craig's family's home in Santa Rosa, California. (Ryan in yellow short sleeve shirt and green vest with egg and basket in hand). {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • Usa.mw2.53.xs..The annual Caven Family Easter Egg Hunt, at Craig's family's home in Santa Rosa, California. {{Craig Caven, 38, and Regan Ronayne, 42, and their two children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan 3, live in a multi-cultural bedroom community called American Canyon, California, about one hour north of San Francisco.}}.
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  • Rows of Campbell's soup cans line the shelves at Raley's, a California grocery chain. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (endpapers).
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  • Rows of Campbell's soup cans line the shelves at Raley's, a California grocery chain. Hungry Planet: What the World Eats (endpapers).
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