TEDx Talks Archives - Real Food Media https://realfoodmedia.org/video_filter/tedx-talks/ Storytelling, critical analysis, and strategy for the food movement. Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:02:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 TEDxBerkeley: The Empathy of Food | Anna Lappé https://realfoodmedia.org/video/tedxberkeley-the-empathy-of-food-anna-lappe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tedxberkeley-the-empathy-of-food-anna-lappe Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:19:33 +0000 http://realfoodmedia.org/?post_type=video&p=3562 Anna Lappe speaks about being more conscientious in the food choices we make and making sure that farmers providing food at our tables have good conditions for themselves. We can express our compassion for others through the active choices we make. Anna Lappé is a sustainable food advocate and a bestselling author of three books,... Read more »

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Anna Lappe speaks about being more conscientious in the food choices we make and making sure that farmers providing food at our tables have good conditions for themselves. We can express our compassion for others through the active choices we make.

Anna Lappé is a sustainable food advocate and a bestselling author of three books, including Diet for a Hot Planet, and a contributing author to fifteen more. An internationally recognized expert on food systems, Anna is the co-founder of the Small Planet Institute and Fund and currently directs Real Food Media. Anna also works with philanthropists nationwide to help fund the grassroots change we need to foster health, justice and sustainability across the food chain.

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TEDxManhattan: Marketing food to children | Anna Lappé https://realfoodmedia.org/video/tedxmanhattan-marketing-food-to-children-anna-lappe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tedxmanhattan-marketing-food-to-children-anna-lappe Thu, 08 Mar 2018 23:17:07 +0000 http://realfoodmedia.org/?post_type=video&p=3561 Author, activist, and Project Director of the Food MythBusters, Anna Lappé takes on the billion-dollar business of marketing junk food, soda, and fast food to children and teens. With diet-related related illnesses alarmingly on the rise, pervasive marketing of junk food to kids is downright dangerous. The food industry says its up to parents to... Read more »

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Author, activist, and Project Director of the Food MythBusters, Anna Lappé takes on the billion-dollar business of marketing junk food, soda, and fast food to children and teens. With diet-related related illnesses alarmingly on the rise, pervasive marketing of junk food to kids is downright dangerous. The food industry says its up to parents to raise healthy kids. Lappé agrees, that’s why she says leave parenting to her–and the millions of moms and dads trying to raise healthy kids. Learn about the dubious marketing tactics of the junk food giants and the ways you can fight back to promote kids’ health.

Anna Lappé is a national bestselling author and a founding principal of the Small Planet Institute and Small Planet Fund. Anna’s most recent book is Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do About It, named by Booklist and Kirkus as one of the best environmental book’s of the year. She is the co-author of Hope’s Edge, which chronicles social movements fighting hunger around the world, and Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen, with seasonal menus by chef Bryant Terry. A popular educator about sustainable food and farming, Anna has participated in hundreds of events, from hosting community dinners to delivering university keynotes to emceeing a food-focused fundraiser at Sotheby’s. She is currently the director of the Real Food Media Project, a new series of myth-busting videos about the real story of our food. 

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