Frances Moore Lappé

Frances Moore Lappé is the the author of 19 books on world hunger, living democracy, and the environment. Her first book, Diet for a Small Planet, has sold over 3 million copies. The latest, released in 2017, is Daring Democracy, coauthored with Adam Eichen.

America Is Less Polarized Than You Think

America Is Less Polarized Than You Think America Is Less Polarized Than You Think

Our collective focus on ‘political polarization’ is obscuring large areas of agreement.

Apr 26, 2018 / Frances Moore Lappé

The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities

The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities

Forty years after food activism took off around the globe, corporatism is stronger than ever.  But so is the grassroots push for control over our work, land and seeds.

Sep 14, 2011 / Feature / Frances Moore Lappé

The Only Fitting Tribute The Only Fitting Tribute

For Roosevelt, the New Deal was a way of advancing freedom, which depended on economic as much as political rights.

Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Moore Lappé

A Right to Food? A Right to Food?

Hunger is a violation of basic rights: a right to food, but more important, Bolivian and Brazilian experience suggests, a right to power.

Aug 24, 2006 / Feature / Frances Moore Lappé

Hunger Is Not a Place Hunger Is Not a Place

It's not true that only the rich can help the poor. We must work to empower nations like Bangladesh that are addressing the problem of hunger by creating networks of schools, healt...

Jan 5, 2006 / Frances Moore Lappé

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