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By Anna Lappé | Cross posted from Grist.org | May 25, 2013 Last week at the McDonald’s shareholder meeting, the world’s largest fast food chain heard from a brave 9-year-old, Hannah Robertson. She was among a growing chorus of parents, teachers, and kids calling out the company for its relentless...
by Christina Bronsing and Anna Lappé Who has freckles, pigtails, and is still holding out from joining the Fair Food Program? If you guessed the fresh-faced mascot of Wendy’s give yourself a gold star. As part of its efforts to improve conditions in the fields, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers,...
Published in Boulder Weekly by Elizabeth Miller Deforestation is at the top of the CIA’s list of environmental issues facing Indonesia, and much of it can be attributed to the creation of palm oil plantations, built to satisfy demands of the American market, which has increased the import of palm...
by Anna Lappé On February 10, 2012, Ronald McDonald held court in a packed elementary school auditorium. Ronald was visiting the Lexington, Kentucky elementary school as part of his sweep of that state. The visits are meant to teach “the value of leadership and community involvement,” says Ronald,...
Originally published at TakePart.com | May 1, 2013 Improving wages and benefits would do more to fight hunger than any competition. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/Getty Images) Last night, Walmart, the nation’s largest grocer, announced the winners of its annual Fighting Hunger Together contest, in...
Cross posted from Grist.org | April 22, 2013 By Danielle Nierenberg and Anna Lappe What’s food got to do with loving the planet? Everything. The global food system — from production to consumption to waste — contributes to one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture is the single largest...
by Anna Lappé What if you woke up one morning to learn that your community had become enlisted to advertise for Coca-Cola? You didn’t have a choice. People in neighborhoods across your city were told the same thing. That’s basically what happened in the city of Chicago this week when Mayor Rahm...