“We hear, "Oh, we need to patent GMOs and develop new strains and new chemicals because Nature can't provide what we need." I have to debate people all the time who say that Nature can't provide enough.” PeopleNeedsEnoughDebateChemicalsStrainPatentsGmos Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Diane Wilson asked, "Why aren't people upset? Why aren't people protesting?" The mayor and county commissioners told her to keep quiet, and everybody else was afraid to speak out against the companies, which included some of the country's biggest chemical companies. There were even attempts on her life. Family members abandoned her, and certainly none of the other shrimpers stood with her.” PeopleCountrySpeakCompanyQuietMembersUpsetChemicalsAbandonedFamily LifeCountyMayorsSpeaks OutFamily MembersWilsonCommissioners Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Recently, [Diana Wilson] went on a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's refusal to accept responsibility for a 1984 chemical disaster in Bhopal, India, caused by a company they now own, Union Carbide. In the past, Diane's hunger strikes had been lonely affairs, but this time friends and co-conspirators from around the country took turns joining her on her flatbed truck under the hot Texas sun, greeting Dow workers as they entered the plant.” CountryPastTurnsResponsibilityCompanyAcceptingSunLonelyIndiaHotUnionsPlantWorkersAffairHungerStrikesDisasterProtestTexasChemicalsTruckRefusalJoiningWilsonGreetingsDianaConspiratorsHunger Strike Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What is different and exciting is how much we have learned. We learned we were right that we don't need the chemical model of agriculture. We know so much more about the life of soil now and we understand how plants synergistically work together with microbes and animals to create healthy conditions.” KnowsNeedsDifferentTogetherAnimalConditionsHealthyModelsExcitingPlantSoilWorking TogetherChemicalsAgricultureMicrobes Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men.” MenModelsCreditChemicalsPrivilegedFarming Author:Frances Moore Lappé