Hope is not wishful thinking. It's not a temperament we're born with. It is a stance toward life that we can choose...not not. The real question for me, though, is whether m hope is effective, whether it produces or is… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Food has always been at the center of community bonding, of family life, and simple pleasure, but it is becoming more and more an obsession, a source of pain. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is grown and… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
What is different and exciting is how much we have learned. We learned we were right that we don't need the chemical model of… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
We hear, "Oh, we need to patent GMOs and develop new strains and new chemicals because Nature can't provide what we need." I have… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The good life may mean doing some things that do not feel comfortable. It may mean sitting long hours just with yourself as you… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
That's what happened when my own life crumbled. The people who came into my life bolstered me to take more risks, to be even… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
If we cannot know what's possible, then we are free to do that which is pulling our hearts and that which is life serving. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
My path has not been smooth. But the great thing about getting to be an elder is that you can look back and see… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
What an extraordinary time to be alive. We're the first people on our planet to have real choice: we can continue killing each other,… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
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