Anna Lappé is a nationally recognized writer and public speaker and co-founder of the Small Planet Fund. Her first book, the national bestselling Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (Tarcher/Putnam 2002), co-written with her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, chronicles social movements on five continents addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty. Anna regularly speaks to audiences across the country about food, politics, globalization, and the media and has guest lectured at dozens of universities. In 2002 she was named the first recipient of the Bioneers Youth Award given annually to a leading social activist by one of the country's foremost environmental organizations. Anna holds an M.A. from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. with hon