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Anna Lappé

Anna Lappé

American author and educator

Oct 14, 2026

20:59
Anna shares some examples of regional food systems that bypass some of these global shocks.
21:06
Hearing examples from partners in Kenya, for instance, where farmers have been trained on how to produce their own high-quality compost, not having to rely on synthetic fertilizers.
21:16
And then when you see this global shock happen, those farmers are much less impacted.
21:21
Or we have members who've been supporting work in Cambodia, again, producing nutrient-rich organic fertilizer, protein-rich animal feed, using natural inputs, you know, inputs from their farms.
21:33
I'm talking to you from Cuernavaca, Mexico, where we just spent time on a production farm yesterday that is producing bio-based fertilizer, a project called Sistema Bio that's been developing this really high-quality fertilizer using waste from the farm, animal waste, and no fossil fuels.
21:58
And they now have spread this technology across 68,000 farms all around the world.
24:01
I asked Anna Lappe, who runs an alliance of philanthropic foundations, for her thoughts on the role of philanthropy in supporting climate and food issues.
24:11
In a moment where I feel like there's so much bad news coming at us every day, where the ramifications of lack of action on climate are are costing lives.
36:40
Talk to us about your experience being a food expert and educator.
36:45
Sure.
36:45
Thanks, Sabrina.
36:46
Thanks for having us.
36:47
And Martin, it's great to hear you share that history and to be reminded of just what a historic win that was.
36:55
And I think all of us in Berkeley should feel so proud that we, in 2014, passed the first sugary drinks tax in the entire country.
37:03
After, as you said, Martin, the industry had effectively blocked all community organizing, every city that had tried before us.

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45:03
What would a 30 to 50% reduction in school garden funding mean for Berkeley students and families?

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