Join Anna Lappé as She Discusses Her New Book: Diet For A Hot Planet

Beyond what we already know about “food miles” and eating locally, the global food system is a major contributor to climate change, producing as much as one third of greenhouse gas emissions. How we farm, what we eat, and how our food gets to the table all have an impact.

Attend the Good Life: Books for Better Living series for a provocative discussion with Anna Moore Lappé and her new book, Diet for a Hot Planet: The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35 and include a signed copy of the book, interview by Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report, appetizers by Tom Douglas’ award-winning culinary team and no-host bar.

“Nothing is more important than connecting the way we eat to global warming. After all, food is an everyday need for everyone. Anna Lappé shows us that eating with intention is our responsibility and our pleasure.” —Alice Waters

In 1971, Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet sparked a revolution in how we think about hunger, alerting millions to the hidden environmental and social impacts of our food choices. Now, nearly four decades later, her daughter, Anna Lappé, picks up the conversation. In her new book, the younger Lappé exposes another hidden cost of our food system: the climate crisis.

While you may not think “global warming” when you sit down to dinner, the tangled web of global food—from Pop-Tarts packaged in Tennessee and eaten in Texas to pork chops raised in Poland, with feed from Brazil, then shipped to South Korea— is connected to as much as one third of total greenhouse-gas emissions. Livestock alone is associated with more emissions than all of the world’s transportation combined. If we’re serious about the climate crisis, says Lappé, we have to talk about food.

In this groundbreaking book, Lappé exposes the interests resisting this conversation and the spin tactics companies are employing to deflect the heat. With seven principles for a climate-friendly diet and success stories from sustainable food advocates around the globe, she offers a vision of a food system that can be part of healing the planet. An engaging call to action, Diet for a Hot Planet delivers a hopeful message during troubling times.

All Good Life events begin at 6:30 pm with conversation and appetizers; a cash bar is on hand for those inclined. At 7:00 pm, Warren and the author take the stage for an interactive interview and conversation about the ideas in the book, and then end with a book signing. Included in the $35 per person price for the event are all appetizers, Theo Chocolate confections and a copy of the featured book. To reserve your seat, visit www.kimricketts.com.

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