Our food system takes abundant grain,which people can't afford,and shrinks it into meat,which better-off people will pay for.

much agricultural land which might be growing food is being used instead to 'grow' money (in the form of coffee, tea, etc.).

I like to think of power back in its Latin root, its meaning comes from posse - to be able.

History doesn't proceed in incremental little notches.

The spirit that I am advocating is reframing how we view the world, and shifting from the negativity of lack and "not enough" to the positive frame of aligning with Nature.

I learned this [ that fear doesn't have to stop me] when my world came apart. I was living a life-long dream of a family life combined with an organization to promote living democracy - all on a gorgeous 45-acre compound in rural Vermont. I'd spent a decade building my dream, and then it started to crumble, piece by piece - my marriage, my organization, my confidence.

I was a compulsive eater in my late teens and until I wrote Diet for a Small Planet, so I know what it feels like when food becomes a threat.