Westminster Town Hall Forum

Frances Moore Lappe directs the Center for Living Democracy in Brattleboro, Vermont, with her husband Paul Martin Du Bois. They are also co-authors of the book The Quickening of America: Rebuilding Our Nation, Remaking Our Lives. In 1971, Ms. Lappe awakened an entire generation to the human-made causes of hunger in her book Diet for a Small Planet, a bestseller that has sold more than three million copies. In 1975, she co-founded the Institute for Food and Development Policy, described by The New York Times as one of the nation's "most respected food think tanks." She has received numerous awards for her work, including ten honorary doctoral degrees. Her eleven books have been translated into 22 languages and used in a broad array of courses in hundreds of U.S. colleges and universities.