From Famine and Froot Loops® to Food Democracy: Turning Crisis into Liberating Action

2011 (Presenter Frances Moore Lappé, Author and Cofounder of the Small Planet Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Hunger is not caused by a scarcity of food but by a scarcity of democracy, reflecting the worsening worldwide concentration of economic and political power. But at the same time, in every corner of our earth, Frances Moore Lappé finds powerful examples of citizens finding their voices. They’re reconnecting with the best of their own farming and food traditions to create communities aligned with nature and with human nature, our need to have a voice in true living democracies. These powerful stories, of people taking the biggest risks to show another world is possible, help give us all grounds for honest hope. They show us that democracy is not something we have; it is what we do. This lecture was recorded at "Smart Growth," the Elizabeth Babbott Conant Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment at Connecticut College on March 4 and 5, 2011. https://www.conncoll.edu/academics/majors-departments-programs/majors-and-minors/goodwin-niering-center-for-the-environment/conferences/smart-growth/