A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share
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
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
Because we are living in a culture increasingly dominated by fear where many feel blocked. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share
What we see today is a world movement represented by the World Social Forum, involving all sorts of interactions across cultures, not to create… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share
The problem is that our whole tribe - if you will, the larger community of humanity itself - is on a death march ecologically… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share
