Colby lecture focuses on food shortage myths

By Rachel Ohm [email protected]
Staff Writer

WATERVILLE — The challenge of humanity is how we see the planet. As human beings, we are wired to see the world a particular way.

“We grow up in a certain culture, and it's hard to see outside that box. Right now humanity is trapped in a way of seeing life in a way that is very anti-ecological. Right now it's telling us that our fundamental problem is scarcity, that we think the Earth has a limit to feed and support us,” said Francis Moore Lappe, author of the book “Diet for a Small Planet” and a guest lecturer tonight at Colby College.

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