Anna Lappé spoke at Seattle Tilth’s 30th Anniversary Event

Celebrating our 30th Anniversary, Seattle Tilth hosted Anna Lappé, national bestselling author of “Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen” on Thursday, March 13 at Town Hall.

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Anna Lappe toured the Tilth teaching gardens with Lisa Taylor and other Tilth staff.

Read Anna Lappe's op-ed article in the Seattle P-I on March 13.

Hear Anna's interview on KUOW Weekday on March 13.

On March 13, seeds were planted for Tilth’s next generation. Celebrating our 30th Anniversary, Seattle Tilth hosted Anna Lappé, national bestselling author of “Grub: Ideas for an Urban Organic Kitchen.” With her mother, Frances Moore Lappé, she co-founded the Small Planet Institute and co-authored “Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet.”

Lappé’s presentation was "Eat the Sky: Dreams, Tales, and Warnings from the Climate Crisis to the Food on Our Plate." Also speaking was Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin, whose Food System Sustainability and Security Resolution will be considered by the Council this spring.

Anna Lappé’s combination of youth and enduring relationship to the work started by her mother (author of “Hope’s Edge” and “Diet for a Small Planet”) perfectly evoked the sense of Seattle Tilth’s work being stewarded by a new generation, after 30 years of being nurtured by those who broke up concrete to plant gardens.

Lappé is respected for her work on sustainability, food politics, globalization, and social change. Named one of TIME’s “Eco-Who’s Who,” Anna has been featured in The New York Times, Gourmet and O-The Oprah Magazine, among many other publications. In 2007, she was honored, along with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, by The Missing Peace Project and was featured with Karenna Schiff Gore and Amanda Hearst in Contribute magazine’s “21 Under 40 Making a Difference.”

Before and after the program, numerous environmental organizations presented displays in the lobby.

Seattle Tilth thanks these great event Sponsors:

PCC Natural Markets
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Hotel Monaco