Diet for a Threatened Planet
This September marks the 50th anniversary of the seminal work Diet for a Small Planet, in which Frances Moore Lapp\xe9 argued that cattle constitute \u201ca protein factory in reverse.\u201d Lapp\xe9\u2019s book inspired countless people to adopt vegetarian diets for environmental reasons.\xa0\nBut in the last 50 years the industrial food systems in America have only grown bigger and more concentrated, and \u2013 as the Lapp\xe9s would argue \u2013 more powerful. Together with her daughter Anna Lapp\xe9, author of Diet for a Hot Planet, the two now focus on the intersections between democracy, environment, food, and justice.\xa0\n\u201cIt's really important that we understand that in order to change our food environment, we need to really work to get money out of politics, and we really need to work on how to take on that kind of consolidated power in the industry,\u201d Anna Lapp\xe9 says.\xa0\xa0\nGuests:\nFrances Moore Lapp\xe9, author, Diet for a Small Planet\xa0\nAnna Lapp\xe9, author, Diet for a Hot Planet\nAnalena Hope Hassberg, Associate Professor, Ethnic and Women's Studies Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona\nRuth Richardson, Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices