We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop'; personally, I've come to believe fear usually means 'go.' It always means listen closely. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.). — Frances Moore Lappé Agriculture Copy Share Image
Nature has an incredible capacity for regeneration and growth, but we can't experience it if we stay fearful and focused on lack. — 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 Agriculture 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
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
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 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 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
You have increasing poverty and increasing wealth. Fine food is one way to dispense with a lot of money... It's understanding that… — Frances Moore Lappé Choices 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
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
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 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 Copy Share Image
I think of Wangari Mathai in Kenya. If she started out saying she wanted to plant 20 million trees, she would have… — Frances Moore Lappé Facts Copy Share Image
Despite a tenfold increase in the use of pesticides between 1947 and 1974 (in the US), crop losses due to pests have...remained… — Frances Moore Lappé Age 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 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
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
We can all reprogram our brain's responses by putting ourselves into new, initially uncomfortable situations. We'll learn fear might not mean 'stop';… — 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."… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
With organic approaches, women - who have been gardeners for millennia and mothers forever - can rise because of their intimate knowledge… — Frances Moore Lappé Approach Copy Share Image
This is the first generation to know that the choices we're making have ultimate consequences. It's a time when you either choose… — Frances Moore Lappé Choice 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… — Frances Moore Lappé Decision Copy Share Image
I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, so I know what… — Frances Moore Lappé 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 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 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
The real cause of hunger is the powerlessness of the poor to gain access to the resources they need to feed themselves. — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
Engagement is the good life. What could be more exciting than getting involved in something that you care about and joining with… — Frances Moore Lappé Care Copy Share Image
The notion that economic life is a distinct realm, governed by immutable laws of narrow self-interest, is giving way to a much… — Frances Moore Lappé 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
There is no formula. We all must become spirited inventors. There's no single answer - not even a single starting point. Even… — Frances Moore Lappé Copy Share Image
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