Bija Vidyapeeth: Centre for Learning
Frances Moore Lappé
Frances Moore Lappé wrote the 1971, three-million-copy bestseller, Diet
for a Smal
l Planet -- a classic that’s still opening readers’
eyes to the power of their own choices. While writing Hope’s Edge,
Lappé, author of twelve other books, was a visiting scholar at
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the co-founder of two
national organizations -- the California-based Institute for Food and
Development Policy (known as Food First) and the Center for Living Democracy,
a ten-year initiative to accelerate the spread of democratic innovation.
Her books have been used in a broad array of university courses in more
than 50 countries. Her life and work have been featured in People Magazine,
The Boston Globe Magazine, The Utne Reader, Vegetarian Times and many
other publications. Lappé’s articles have appeared in publications
as diverse as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Readers' Digest,
Christian Century, Chemistry, Le Monde Diplomatique, National Civic Review,
Tikkun, and Harpers. Lappé has received 16 honorary doctorates
and in 1987 became the fourth American to receive the Right Livelihood
Award, sometimes called the Alternative Nobel.
