“Beauty is created by fellow human beings, and enhanced because they are in relationship with each other.” Quote by 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 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
“Approaches to growing food that align with nature changed human relationships.” HumansGrowingChangedApproachHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsGrowing Food Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Old models of farming with chemicals and credit mostly favored privileged men.” MenModelsCreditChemicalsPrivilegedFarming Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“With organic approaches, women - who have been gardeners for millennia and mothers forever - can rise because of their intimate knowledge of nature.” Has BeensMotherForeverApproachIntimateGardener Author:Frances Moore Lappé
“Women can succeed in villages all over the world today without relying on heavy machinery or debt. They can take leadership roles in agriculture, eliminating hunger and inequity.” WorldTodayRolesSucceedHungerHeavyDebtVillageAgricultureMachineryWorld TodayEliminatingLeadership Roles 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
“When I moved to New York, I feel like a lot of things widened within my perspective and as I spend some time here - as everyone does when they're that age or a young person - [you] figure out your own ideals or figure out the way you fit into society a little bit more than you did before.” WayFeelsLittlesPersonsDoeAgeYoungBitsFiguresNew YorkPerspectiveFitLittle BitIdealsMoved Author:Morgan Saylor
“I think that's okay and that is part of growing up and that is good, to learn that the world isn't always your oyster or isn't everybody's oyster.” ThinkingWorldGrowing UpGrowingOkayOysters Author:Morgan Saylor
“I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you.” FeelsPersonsImportantCharacterCreatingDistanceRehearsal Author:Morgan Saylor