In a recent CNN video, Anna Lappé calls the heartbreaking disaster in the Gulf an "inevitable outcome of a set of corporate policies" on the part of BP. Although her latest book focuses on the connections between agriculture and climate change, it isn't a far stretch to realize that the BP oil spill is a symptom of these much larger issues.

In fact, Diet for a Hot Planet, which was released just before the spill, specifically discusses the power of skilled corporate greenwashing to inoculate against public outrage when something tragic and preventable happens.  As Anna highlights on Grist, BP has long-standing reputation of greenwashing.  Will the public continue to buy it?

For more from Anna, check out this fantastic interview in The Nation.  You can also watch a fascinating discussion with Raj Patal, Anna and Francis Moore Lappé at the Commonwealth Club.