Following the Food Chain: The High Cost of Cheap Food
Michael Pollan
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2005 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union
Michael Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at the Graduate School and director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine, and the author of three books: The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World; A Place of My Own; and Second Nature: A Gardener's Education. Many of his works examine the intersections between science and culture, and he has been anthologized in collections such as Best American Essays and the Norton Book of Nature Writing. Originally from Long Island, he earned his college degrees at Bennington College, Oxford University (Mansfield College), and Columbia University, where he received a masters in English in 1981. He served for many years as executive editor for Harper's Magazine and writes a column on architecture for House & Garden. This is the Donald Benson Lecture on Literature, Science and the Arts.Cosponsored By:
- Benson Lecture
- Bioethics
- CEAH
- President Miller Funds
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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