My mom, Francis Moore Lappé and I were recently invited to speak with Allison Aubrey on NPR’s Morning Edition series Boundbreakers: People Who Make A Difference. The conversation was hopeful after looking back on the progress of a lifetime of shared work however, we both agree a lot remains to be done. We hope you enjoy listening […]
Find the full Behind the Plate interview with Anna on Foodstand where she talks about the beginning of a lifelong passion for creating a more equitable food system, the absence of food issues in the current presidential campaign and the food inspirations she finds in and out of her home. Tell us about how you got your start as […]
When asked to picture a typical school lunch, most of us think of sad-looking chicken nuggets or soggy french fries. For many of the millions of public school students, that’s not far off mark. To transform what’s on kids’ plates, parents, teachers and administrators have been working for years, battling entrenched industry interests and paltry […]
As published in An estimated 27,500 people in Los Angeles, 20,000 in Seattle, and 18,500 in the Bronx: Bernie Sanders is sparking some of the biggest crowds in primary history. For millions across the country, his message is clearly resonating. It’s refreshing to hear someone running for the country’s highest office finally articulate (without any prodding!) […]
The author of the Washington Post piece that Congresswoman Pingree and I responded to posted a retort on Facebook (and Twitter for that matter), echoing the point in her piece that the data simply isn’t there to detect a real food movement. Here’s how I responded to her on Facebook: It seems like there are […]
Our very own Anna Lappé and Maine Congresswoman Chellie Pingree weigh in at the Washington Post on the food movement — and its power and momentum. Teaser below, visit the Washington Post for the full piece, and add your thoughts in the comments section! By Anna Lappé and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree In her latest column for […]
by Anna Lappé for Al Jazeera America If you made National Geographic collages of the basic four food groups — meat, dairy, grains and fruits and vegetables — in elementary school as I did, you have the federal government’s dietary guidelines to thank. Every five years, the government reviews these recommendations and releases new advice to […]
by Anna Lappé for Al Jazeera America American consumers are waking up to the fact that a lot remains hidden about what is in their food and how it is produced. As a result, they are increasingly demanding greater access to information about added sugar, potential allergens, irradiation, use of antibiotics and more. The food […]
by Anna Lappé for Al Jazeera America On a drizzly April day in Washington, D.C., 60 food workers and labor organizers from across the country gathered in an office building downtown. There was an African immigrant street vendor from New York City; a black apple picker from upstate New York; a white, 20-something former bartender […]
by Anna Lappé for Al Jazeera America It’s something of a truism to say that there are two Americas when it comes to food: the ample aisles of posh Whole Foods in wealthy neighborhoods and the corner stores brimming with Doritos and Coke in poorer communities. But there are also two nations of food when […]