Anna Lappé: My Food Journey

By Maegan Clark

October 3, 2019

Last Updated: May 17, 2011

What experiences have shaped your relationship to food and diet? In this clip from the Nourish Video Encyclopedia, author Anna Lappé describes her personal food journey, which has taken her to farms around the world. Broadening our view can help us make better food choices for ourselves and for the planet.
Anna Lappé is a national best-selling author, widely respected for her work on food and sustainability. She is the author of Diet for a Hot Planet; co-author of Hope’s Edge, with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé; and co-author of Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, with Bryant Terry. A founding principal of the Small Planet Institute and Small Planet Fund, Lappé has been named one of Time’s “Eco” Who’s Who.
Watch additional videos from Anna Lappé on the Nourish website. Stay tuned for more selections from the Nourish Video Encyclopedia, a collection of short films that explore the story of our food.
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