| My interest in the career of Francis Moore Lappe | | | | (2005) with Jossey-Bass |
| began with an article in Acres farm magazine. The | | | | Lappe who was born in 1944 began her career as |
| article encouraged me to buy a copy of Diet for | | | | an author early in life with the 1971 publication of |
| a Small Planet. It was then I learned this lady had | | | | Diet for a Small Planet. By 1975 Lappe along with |
| information that all of us should pay attention to. | | | | Joseph Collins launched in California the Institute |
| Her output is stellar as a noted social change | | | | for Food and Development Policy (Food First) to |
| author of 16 books, including the 3,000,000 book | | | | educate Americans about the causes of world |
| seller that I had purchased in 1982. Here is a short | | | | hunger. Then in 1990 Lappe co-founded the |
| list:o Diet for a Small Planet (1971,75,82,91)o Food | | | | Center for Living Democracy as an initiative to |
| First: Beyond the Myth of Scarcity (1985)o What | | | | enlist regular citizens to contribute to problem |
| to do After You Turn Off the TV (1985)o | | | | solving. She also served from 1995-2000 as |
| Rediscovering America's Values (1989)o Getting a | | | | founding editor of the Center's American News |
| Grip: Clarity, Creativity and Courage in a World | | | | Service which placed stories in nearly 50% of |
| Gone Mad (2007) | | | | newspapers about citizen's solving problems. Finally |
| Lappe also co-authored:o World Hunger: Twelve | | | | in 2002 Lappe and her daughter Anna established |
| Myths (1986,98)with Joseph Collinso The | | | | the Small Planet Institute in Cambridge |
| Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, | | | | Massachusetts, a network for research and |
| Remaking Our Life (1984) with Paul Martin Duboiso | | | | popular education to bring democracy to life. |
| Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet | | | | Lappe has received 17 honorary doctorates |
| (2002 with Anne Lappeo You Have the Power: | | | | including the Right Livelihood Award and Rachel |
| Choosing Courage in a Culture of Fear (2004) with | | | | Carson's Award from the Nutritional foods |
| Jeffrey Perkinso Democracy's Edge: Choosing to | | | | Association. The awards list goes on and on. |
| Save Our Country by Bringing Democracy to Life | | | | |