Hunger Is Not a Place

By Frances Moore Lappé

This article appeared in the January 23, 2006 edition of The Nation.

January 5, 2006

"Within a decade no man, woman or child will go to bed hungry," declared Henry Kissinger.

That was three decades ago.

Since then hunger fighters have periodically reminded us of our failure--most recently Time magazine Person of the Year Bono, Jeffrey Sachs (The End of Poverty) and the Make Poverty History campaign. Such impassioned calls again and again rally us to believe that, yes, we can end hunger. Yet sadly, they fail to challenge the very frame blinding us to solutions.

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About Frances MooreLappé

Frances Moore Lappé is the author of sixteen books, including, most recently, Getting A Grip : Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad. For more information, go to www.smallplanetinstitute.org. more...
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