Hunger is a people-made phenomenon, so the central issue is power: the power of those who make the decisions about what is… — Frances Moore Lappé Decision 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Agriculture 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."… — Frances Moore Lappé Chemicals 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Comfortable 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Happened 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Heart 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Aging Copy Share Image
Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men. — Frances Moore Lappé Chemicals 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Alive 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Answers Copy Share Image
Because we are living in a culture increasingly dominated by fear where many feel blocked. — Frances Moore Lappé Blocked Copy Share Image
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 Community Copy Share Image
The problem is that our whole tribe - if you will, the larger community of humanity itself - is on a death… — Frances Moore Lappé Community Copy Share Image
When we say we have "hit the limits," we are saying that nature is the problem, when in fact the limits we… — Frances Moore Lappé Destruction Copy Share Image
On the one hand, our social nature is our greatest beauty - it means that we have natural empathy and sympathy. But… — Frances Moore Lappé Beauty Copy Share Image
History doesn't proceed in incremental little notches. — Frances Moore Lappé History Copy Share Image
A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have… — Frances Moore Lappé Dessert Copy Share Image
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… — Frances Moore Lappé Born Copy Share Image
[Fear] means that we are human beings walking into the unknown, and that we are risking breaking with others for something we… — Frances Moore Lappé Believe Copy Share Image
The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth. — Frances Moore Lappé Direct Copy Share Image
I had no identity [when I was 27] - I was terrified that somebody would ask me what I was doing, and… — Frances Moore Lappé Answers Copy Share Image
Individuality doesn't just mean individualism-standing alone. It means developing one's unique gifts, and being able to share them for the enjoyment of… — Frances Moore Lappé Able 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 World Copy Share Image