Dismayed by the erosion of fair and evidence-based discourse in our wider culture, I believe that—more than ever—academic institutions must hold the line. So, six distinguished colleagues—including Dr. Hans R. Herren, winner of the World Food Prize—and I have called on Oxford University Press to take remedial steps. The Press published a book on life-and-death matters of food and hunger, Food Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know, that fails to meet basic scholarly standards. It provides no citations for its many claims and fails to disclose that the author has been an advisor to the Monsanto Company about which he writes favorably. The Press also promotes the book as a “map” of “contested terrain,” implying it can help readers sort through “conflicting claims and accusations from advocates from all sides,” when Food Politics is a narrow argument by an advocate.
Oxford University Press leaders refused even to discuss our concerns, so we have launched a petition campaign. Please read about why we’re so concerned and sign our petition. Ask your friends, too.

--Frances Moore Lappé

“EcoMind should not be read once and stuck on a bookshelf. It should be shared with friends, discussed and challenged with others who are ready to make positive and enduring changes within their communities,” states Ms. Magazine in its review of Frances’ newest book, EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think to Create the World We Want..

How do we as a society take advantage of the enormous positive potential in the renewed appreciation of farming, as well as agriculture’s possibly huge contribution to a climate cure? Frances discusses the state of farming in the US, and the possibilities for the future.

Frances’ newest Huffington Post piece makes quite the splash across the web.