By Erin Eberle and Anna Lappé / October 1, 2021 Shifting to a plant-based diet, particularly one centered on whole foods not ultra-processed products, could reduce food’s associated greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 73 percent. Today, plant-centered eating is no longer a fringe dietary choice. (Photo: Paige Green) Originally Published on Common Dreams, October 1, 2021 If you tuned in to gawk at the creative costuming of this season’s Met Gala, you may have done so knowin

By Frances Moore Lappé/ September 24, 2021 In 1969, experts said the cause of hunger was world overpopulation. Frances Moore Lappé showed they were wrong. PHOTO BY PEOPLEIMAGES/GETTY IMAGES Originally Published in Yes! Magazine on September 24, 2021 When Frances Moore Lappé first published Diet for a Small Planet in 1971, she began a revolution that connects our personal food choices to the rest of the world. In this adapted excerpt from the book’s 50th updated anniversary ed

I wrote a book 50 years ago arguing that plant-based diets would be healthier and more just. Now they’re a necessity. By Frances Moore Lappé / September 17, 2021 Photo: Paige Green Originally Published in The Boston Globe on September 17, 2021 Fifty years ago, what stirred me to write “Diet for a Small Planet” was shock. In the late 1960s, Paul Ehrlich’s book “The Population Bomb” had just exploded, igniting a scarcity scare. I had to know. Was humanity really hitting the ear