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December 7, 2011

From this day forward, for the latest media on Anna Lappé, please visit:
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The Nation
October 3, 2011

Anna, along with an all-star line-up–including Frances, Raj Patel, Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser–puts together a special issue, What Next for the Global Food Movement?, looking at forty years of food activism.

mLive.com
June 8, 2011

Earlier this year, Anna Lappé was contacted by a PR firm working for Dow Chemical to contribute a 60-second video for the Future We Create virtual conference on water sustainability the company launches today. As a vocal advocate for strict regulation of toxic chemicals — especially for food and farming — Anna was surprised the company would approach her. See what else she says!

Civil Eats
June 7, 2011

Earlier this year, Anna Lappé was contacted by a PR firm working for Dow Chemical to contribute a 60-second video for the Future We Create virtual conference on water sustainability the company launches today. As a vocal advocate for strict regulation of toxic chemicals — especially for food and farming — Anna was surprised the company would approach her. See what else she says!

The Atlantic
March 28th, 2011

Monsanto recently announced the latest genetically engineered crop it hopes to bring to market: a soybean rejiggered to resist the herbicide dicamba. Read what Anna has to say about the impact genetic modification has on our food system.

WPKN

March 26, 2011

Listen to Anna’s interview with WPKN Radio in Connecticut. Anna discusses her book, Diet for a hot planet: The climate crisis at the end of your fork and what you can do about it.

Focus
February 23, 2011

Anna talks with Illinois Public Radio show, Focus, about her latest book, Diet for a Hot Planet.

Huffington Post
January 21st, 2011

Walmart recently made headlines with its joint announcement with the White House that the company will be cutting back on sodium and sugar in some of its products and taking other steps to address hunger and malnourishment. But should we take their PR blitz with a grain of salt? Read Anna’s take here.

CSR Wire Talkback
January 20th, 2011

Click here to read Anna’s blog, Eat the Sky: The Food and Climate Connection, where she addresses how exactly big ag is destroying our environment and what we can do to support climate-friendly farming systems.

The Journal of the American Public Gardens Association
January 2011

In her article, Digging in the Dirt, Cooling the Planet, Anna offers a simple five-step solution we can each follow to decrease the planet’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Need to Know on PBS
December 17, 2010

With the economy, unemployment, and the war in Afghanistan in mind, Anna was asked by Need to Know on PBS what simple thing she would do to get this country moving again. Watch what Anna, along with some of this country’s brightest thinkers, says will fix America.

Need to Know on PBS
November 14, 2010

Hear a podcast about sustainable eating which features Anna. Learn about the impact of livestock on the environment.

The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC
September 17, 2010

Listen to Anna’s interview with Brian Lehrer of WNYC about the push to change the name of High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Kirkus Book Reviews
June 24, 2010

Diet for a Hot Planet is named best of 2010 on the Kirkus Book Review list. Kirkus calls Diet for a Hot Planet “An essential toolkit for readers looking for a pragmatic climate-response action plan of their own.”

CNN-TV
June 23, 2010

Anna was interviewed by VICE for a television story about the Gulf oil spill: “Spirits fade as oil spill questions go unanswered”

The New York Times

The New York Times
May 6, 2010

Anna Lappé, along with Michael Pollan, Stephen Powles, Blake Hurst, Scott M. Swinton, and
Micheal D.K. Owen, respond to a New York Times article about the growth of herbicide-resistant “superweeds” in the U.S., largely fueled by broad use of the weedkiller glyphosphate, particularly Roundup, originally made by Monsanto. What can be done about this problem? Read the responses.

Foreign Policy Magazine
April 29, 2010

Anna responds to Robert Paarlberg’s defense of industrial agriculture as the best way to feed the world and his criticism that organic agriculture is an “elite preoccupation.” In her rebuttal piece, Anna explains the very research findings that prove organic farming is a sustainable way to feed the world, and dismantles Paarlberg’s fear tactics aimed at scaring readers – and eaters – into believing that industrial ag is the only way.

Everyday with Rachael Ray
April 2010

Build A Better Sammy: Anna remakes an old favorite – the turkey club sandwich – in a climate-friendly way.

WNYC Radio – The Leonard Lopate Show – Food, Farming and France
December 11, 2009

Anna joined Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and NYU Professor Marion Nestle to talk about the Food and Climate Summit, which was held at NYU in December in partnership with Just Food.

WNYC Radio – The Brian Lehrer Show: Food Plan
September 8, 2009

Anna and Sam Lipschultz, a Real Food Challenge alum from Sarah Lawrence College, talked about dining hall food activism.

The Washington Post
March 4, 2010

Anna presented to a crowd of more than 100 regional gardeners and foodies at the annual Green Matters Symposium at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton. Her take-home message: The main culprit causing climate change isn’t the Hummer; it’s the hamburger.

Glamour

Glamour Magazine
April 2009

Anna donned jeans and cowboy boots and trekked out to Central Park for a Glamour photo shoot of eco-women. She stood alongside superstars like Christie Brinkley and Alicia Silverstone as well as eco-heroines like Alice Waters and Jane Houlihan, from Environmental Working Group.

The New York Times

The New York Times Magazine
October 2008

Anna headed to Brooklyn’s Red Hook farm for this feature on Food Fighters in the Grey Lady’s Sunday mag.

Oprah

O Magazine
August 2008

O Magazine’s Celia Barbour turns to Anna Lappé to help describe the sustainable food movement.

WNYC Radio – The Brian Lehrer Show: Upside to High Prices?
April 2008

Anna joined author Nina Planck to discuss whether or not high prices equal healthier food.

Conscious Choice

Conscious Choice
December 2007

Anna travels to sustainable farming villages in China and gives us the low-down on the future of food, and what organic means, in world’s most populous country.