Frances Moore Lappé

Frances Moore Lappé co-founded the Small Planet Institute in 2001, where they served as an author, speaker, and advocate for changing failing ideas and promoting a sustainable planet. Frances also co-founded the Small Planet Fund in the same year, which supports grassroots democracy movements addressing hunger and poverty worldwide. Prior to this, they co-founded and co-directed the Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy from 1975 to 1991, working to end injustices causing hunger, poverty, and environmental degradation.

Frances Moore Lappé attended Polytechnic High School but did not receive a degree from there. Frances later attended Earlham College and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1966. Afterward, they attended the University of California, Berkeley.