Co-leader of Small Planet Institute and author of Diet for a Small Planet.
What led you to write your latest book, Getting a Grip, which has been characterized by Barbara Kingsolver as “a new pair of glasses,” making the world more comprehensible, more manageable, and even more beautiful?
Lappé: While researching my first book, Diet for a [...]
Eating fewer animal products is a good choice for us and for our environment. When we support farms that ethically take care of the animals they raise in a more humane way, we provide healthier choices for our families and support healthy and ecological neighborhoods. Look for farm products that meet these criteria:
NO ANTIBIOTICS, HORMONES, [...]
The Meat of the Matter
Ask most Americans what causes global warming, and they’ll point to a coal plant’s smokestack or a car’s tailpipe. But two other images should be granted similar iconic status: the front and rear ends of a cow.
According to a little-known 2006 United Nations (UN) report, “Livestock’s Long Shadow,” livestock is a [...]
Naturally grown fruits and veggies plucked fresh from the field are packed with vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. But whether or not these nutrients stay around long enough to nourish us depends on how they’re treated during their journey to our table.
“Fresh,” however, is a subjective concept. Since 1993, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has [...]
The Master Cleanse: Weight Loss a Bonus
For generations, March 21 signaled the start of a good housekeeper’s Spring Cleaning. But like everything else subjected to marketing hype, the concept has moved over to make room for today’s more intimate Spring Cleansing.
Among the growing list of detoxification cleanses, The Lemonade Diet–or The Master Cleanse–has snagged sufficient [...]
Feeling anxious, depressed, angry or stressed? It might not be what’s eating you, but what you are eating.
It’s not our imagination—more people these days are in “pissy” moods. Folks are more irritable, angry, anxious, impulsive and distracted than they used to be.
We see these bad moods practically anytime we drive a car. People impatiently rush [...]
For many, the holiday season signals an excuse to overindulge. From Thanksgiving through the New Year, people partake of abundant, heavy foods and desserts while often ignoring what their bodies really need. Overtaxing the digestive system will most likely lead to stomachaches and gastrointestinal problems, including bloating and flatulence, indigestion and heartburn, even headaches and [...]
A cup of good taste & crucial nutrients
It’s January, and the chill is on. Instead of reaching for a calorie-dense vanilla café latte to warm up, try a cup of tea, the second most popular beverage in the world (after water, not lattes). Made from leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant, teas’ distinct tastes and colors—black, [...]
Hemp may be the new soy. Recently, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency quietly ended its attempts to ban hemp oil and sterilized industrial hemp seed in food products. (Yes, these products are taken from the Cannabis plant, but no, they won’t even get your little brother high.) “It’s a victory [for the hemp industry],” says [...]
An Exclusive Interview with the Creators of the 100-Mile Diet
Two years ago, two journalists from Vancouver set out on an eating adventure that would change their lives and launch a movement. Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon spent an entire year consuming only foods that were grown and harvested within 100 miles of their home. They [...]
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