“With an eco-mind, we get ready for surprises, for we realize it's just not possible to know what's possible.” KnowsMindFaithRealizingReadySurpriseEco Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“This is the first generation to know that the choices we're making have ultimate consequences. It's a time when you either choose life or you choose death ... Going along with the current order means that you're choosing death.” KnowsFirstsMeanOrderChoicesGenerationsHealthConsequenceUltimateCurrentsYou ChooseChoose Life Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I get goose-bumps when you talk about Diane Wilson. Who knows where she found that courage? When she was a child, she would crawl under the bed when a stranger came to the house. But in 1989, she found out that her county in south Texas was ranked worst in the country for toxic waste. She wondered if the effluent, dumped into the waters where she and her family had shrimped for generations, might be responsible for the dwindling fish populations. And she suspected that her son's autism might be related to the pollution.” IfsKnowsChildrenCountryMightFoundHouseWaterGenerationsWorstSonBedWasteResponsibleSouthPopulationFishesStrangerRelatedTexasToxicPollutionAutismCountyBumpsBeing ResponsibleGeeseWilsonDumpedToxic Waste Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What gave her [Diane Wilson] the courage? If you look at someone like Diane, it's easy to say, well I could never be like that. But we don't know. We do know that it's possible for a woman, who didn't grow up as a world changer, to find it in herself to take a stand.” IfsKnowsWorldWellsLooksGrowsEasyGrowing UpWilson Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I had left graduate school, determined that I wasn't going to do anything else to "save the world" until I understood how I could get at the underlying causes of deepening suffering. To do that, I had to start by admitting that I didn't know.” KnowsWorldSchoolSufferingLeftCausesUnderstoodDeterminedGraduatesSave The WorldAdmittingGraduate School Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, so I know what it feels like when food becomes a threat.” KnowsFeelsPlanetsLateThreatDietsTeens Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Many families participate in the Community Supported Agriculture movement, which allows a family to buy shares in a farmer's produce so that they know where their food is coming from, and they can take their families out and see the farm and meet the farmer. That movement has helped create a new culture around food.” KnowsCultureCommunityShareMovementProduceFarmsFarmersAgricultureNew Cultures Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“After the journey around the world, writing Hope's Edge, I began to see that it is not possible to know what's possible - and therein lies our freedom.” KnowsWorldWritingLyingJourneyEdgesAround The World Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“If we cannot know what's possible, then we are free to do that which is pulling our hearts and that which is life serving.” IfsKnowsHeartServingPulling Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“There are surprising turning points; there is the straw that breaks the camel's back, and you never know if your action could be the straw.” IfsKnowsActionBreakSurprisingStrawsTurning PointsCamels Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Every time you take a step and walk with your fear, you'll never know the impact. But you can be certain somebody's watching, and that courage is contagious.” KnowsCertainWalksStepsImpactContagious 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