Frances Moore Lappé | Season 1 Episode 7

Frances Moore Lappé talks about How Food Consumption is Impacting Society, the Relationship Between Agency, Meaning, & Connection, and the Research Behind Her 3-Million Copy Selling Book, "Diet for a Small Planet"

Frances Moore Lappé is the author or co-author of 19 books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., describes Diet for a Small Planet as “one of the most influential political tracts of the times." In 2008, it was selected as one of 75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World, by members of the Women's National Book Association. In Fall 2017, she coauthored Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want with Adam Eichen.