“If we start with "limits" and a premise of scarcity and fear, it makes us fearful of each other, and that makes us vulnerable to anti-democratic systems.” IfsLimitsDemocraticVulnerableFearfulPremisesScarcity Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“I had the realization that hunger is not caused by scarcity of food, it is caused by the production system and an absence of democracy throughout the world.” WorldDemocracyHungerProductionsAbsenceRealizationScarcity Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“What we need to get right is not focusing on the fear associated with quantity - not enough, scarcity, and lack - and moving instead to a worldview that explores quality and connectedness.” NeedsEnoughMovingQualityQuantityWorldviewScarcityConnectedness Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but a scarcity of democracy.” DemocracyHungerScarcity Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“You have increasing poverty and increasing wealth. Fine food is one way to dispense with a lot of money... It's understanding that our daily choices about food connect us to a worldwide economic system. And that economic system - not scarcity - creates worldwide hunger for millions of people.” PeopleWayChoicesUnderstandingWealthPovertyMillionsEconomicFoodFineEatingCookingHungerOne WayLots Of MoneyScarcityEconomic SystemsDaily Choices Author:Frances Moore Lappé