Diet for a Threatened Planet
Fifty years ago, Frances Moore Lappé challenged people to think about the larger systems underpinning the food on their plates, particularly meat. Since then, the industrial food systems in America have only grown bigger and more consolidated. This week we discuss the intersections between democracy, environment, food, and justice.
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Show Notes
This September marks the 50th anniversary of the seminal work Diet for a Small Planet, in which Frances Moore Lappé argued that cattle constitute “a protein factory in reverse.” Lappé’s book inspired countless people to adopt vegetarian diets for environmental reasons.
But in the last 50 years the industrial food systems in America have only grown bigger and more concentrated, and – as the Lappés would argue – more powerful. Together with her daughter Anna Lappé, author of Diet for a Hot Planet, the two now focus on the intersections between democracy, environment, food, and justice.
“It's really important that we understand that in order to change our food environment, we need to really work to get money out of politics, and we really need to work on how to take on that kind of consolidated power in the industry,” Anna Lappé says.
Guests:
Frances Moore Lappé, author, Diet for a Small Planet
Anna Lappé, author, Diet for a Hot Planet
Analena Hope Hassberg, Associate Professor, Ethnic and Women's Studies Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Ruth Richardson, Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food
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