Diet for a Small Planet
The Book That Started a Revolution in the Way Americans Eat
$33.16
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
12 October 2021
Summary
Discover the eating plan that revolutionized the way Americans think about their meals, updated for its fiftieth anniversary with new recipes for the modern meatless chef.
“In the … years since the publication of Diet for a Small Planet, a movement dedicated to the reform of the food system has taken root in America. Lappe’s groundbreaking book connected the dots between something as ordinary and all-American as a hamburger and the environmental crisis, as well as world hunger.” –Mich…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593357774 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593357779 |
| Author: | Frances Moore Lappé |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 12 October 2021 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 202mm x 33mm |
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“A small number of people in every generation are forerunners–in thought, action, spirit–who swerve past the barriers of greed and power to hold a torch high for the rest of us. Lapp
“A small number of people in every generation are forerunners—in thought, action, spirit—who swerve past the barriers of greed and power to hold a torch high for the rest of us. Lappé is one of those.”—Howard Zinn, author of A People’s History of the United States
“Since the publication of [Diet for a Small Planet,] a movement dedicated to the reform of the food system has taken root in America. Lappé’s groundbreaking book connected the dots between something as ordinary and all-American as a hamburger and the environmental crisis, as well as world hunger.”—Michael Pollan, The Nation
About The Author
Frances Moore Lappé
Frances Moore Lappe is the author or co-author of twenty books about world hunger, living democracy, and the environment, beginning with the three-million-copy Diet for a Small Planet in 1971. She has been featured on the Today show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Fox & Friends, The Wall Street Journal, NPR, the CBC and BBC, and other news outlets. Frances is the cofounder of three organizations including the Oakland-based think tank Food First and the Small Planet Institute, which she leads with her daughter, Anna Lappe. The pair also cofounded the Small Planet Fund, which channels resources to democratic social movements worldwide.
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