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 Agriculture Copy Share Image
Every choice we make can be a celebration of the world we want. — Frances Moore Lappé Birthday Copy Share Image
I believe it is possible that we can turn today's breakdown into a planetary breakthrough on one condition. We can do it… — Frances Moore Lappé Believe Copy Share Image
Freedom is not the capacity to do whatever we please; freedom is the capacity to make intelligent choices. — Frances Moore Lappé Capacity 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Becoming 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 Agriculture Copy Share Image
Recent breakthroughs in science show we have just the capacities we need to face our planet's challenges. We're "soft-wired" for cooperation, empathy,… — Frances Moore Lappé Breakthrough 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 Around the world Copy Share Image
[O]ur greatest contributions to the cause of freedom and development overseas is not what we do over there, but what we do… — Frances Moore Lappé Causes 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 Asks Copy Share Image
We can choose who we bring into our lives. We can choose who will reinforce our risk taking. — Frances Moore Lappé Our lives Copy Share Image
Nature is with us if we can learn how to align with it and not break the basic laws that generate life. — Frances Moore Lappé Break Copy Share Image
A teacher told me this story some time ago: She asked her students to line up in order of how much power… — Frances Moore Lappé Acknowledge Copy Share Image
There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could… — Frances Moore Lappé Action Copy Share Image
Diane Wilson asked, "Why aren't people upset? Why aren't people protesting?" The mayor and county commissioners told her to keep quiet, and… — Frances Moore Lappé Abandoned Copy Share Image
Our heavily meat-centered culture is at the very heart of our waste of the earth's productivity. — Frances Moore Lappé Culture Copy Share Image
I get goose-bumps when you talk about Diane Wilson. Who knows where she found that courage? When she was a child, she… — Frances Moore Lappé Autism Copy Share Image
We are very much social creatures who model ourselves on one another. — Frances Moore Lappé Creatures Copy Share Image
Imagine sitting down to an eight ounce steak, and then, imagine the room filled wit 45 to 50 people with empty bowls...For… — Frances Moore Lappé Animal Copy Share Image
I like to think of power back in its Latin root, its meaning comes from posse - to be able. — Frances Moore Lappé Able Copy Share Image
Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for. — Frances Moore Lappé Better off 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 Advocating Copy Share Image
For me hope isn't wishful thinking or blind faith about the future. It's a stance toward life - one of curiosity and… — Frances Moore Lappé Blind Copy Share Image
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