What we see today is a world movement represented by the World Social Forum, involving all sorts of interactions across cultures, not… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
How we frame the world - how we talk about it and define it - affects how we see things and how… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
I understand, of course, that grain-fed meat is not the cause of the world hunger problem-and eating some of it doesn't directly… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
I had the realization that hunger is not caused by scarcity of food, it is caused by the production system and an… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
I learned this [ that fear doesn't have to stop me] when my world came apart. I was living a life-long dream… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
My whole mission in life is to help us find the power we lack to create the world we want. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Every aspect of our lives is, in a sense, a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
What gave her [Diane Wilson] the courage? If you look at someone like Diane, it's easy to say, well I could never… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
in a world where only a minor portion of the land is really well suited to agriculture, man is using much of… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Women can succeed in villages all over the world today without relying on heavy machinery or debt. They can take leadership roles… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
After the journey around the world, writing Hope's Edge, I began to see that it is not possible to know what's possible… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Each of us carries within us a worldview, a set of assumptions about how the world works - what some call a… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
The spirit that I am advocating is reframing how we view the world, and shifting from the negativity of lack and "not… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
In the late 1960s, there were alarming predictions that worldwide famine was around the corner. I wondered if humans had already lost… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
I had left graduate school, determined that I wasn't going to do anything else to "save the world" until I understood how… — 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