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Anna Lappe

(1973) Writer

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Anna Lappe is a writer.

Quick Facts About Anna Lappe

Born: January 1, 1973
Profession: Writer

About Anna Lappe

American writer... | Anna Lappé is an American author and educator, known for her work as an expert on food systems and as a sustainable food advocate. The co-author or author of three books and the contributing author to over ten others, Lappé's work has been widely translated internationally and featured in The New Y

Quotes by Anna Lappe

Hope doesn't come from calculating whether the good news is winning out over the bad. Its simply a choice to take action.

Acting

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Yes, there is a crisis of hunger on the planet, but hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a…

Crisis

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Courage is saying maybe what I'm doing isn't working, maybe I should try something else.

Courage

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Every time you spend money, you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.

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People don't realize how much the food industry has infiltrated all aspects of our children's lived experience, including their experience at school.…

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Diet-related illnesses are causing nearly as many deaths as tobacco-related illnesses, not to mention the impact on quality of life when you…

Adults

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Part of what the food industry does with public relations, just like the chemical industry or the oil industry, is to try…

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You could increase farmworker wages significantly and not change the price to the consumer at all - for instance, if you redistribute…

Chains

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The food industry is spending almost $2 billion a year marketing directly to children and teens. We know that those ads lead…

Advertising

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When people hear about legal restrictions on marketing and advertising, often the response is: Aren't you just being a food nanny? Isn't…

Advertising

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Even very progressive, informed people still get tongue-tied responding to the question, can organic and sustainably raised food still feed the world?…

Environment

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To argue that we need some technology in order to produce food to tackle hunger is completely blind to the facts on…

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Part of what the food industry does with public relations, just like the chemical industry or the oil industry, is to try…

Business

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Just in the past couple of years, there's been pushback against some of that marketing, as parents have gotten really upset. Now…

Charity

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Those of us who think about what we eat, how it's grown, those of us who care about the environmental impact of…

Book

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