Michael Pollan, originally uploaded by bill kralovec.
Pictured above is one of my favorite authors, Michael Pollan. He is a science and environmental journalism professor at Cal-Berkeley. I read two of his books, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals” and “Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education.” His latest book that I will read this summer is “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto.”
All of his books changed the way I looked at the subject he was dealing with. The last two books, Omnivore and Manifesto, deal with our choices in the food we eat and how it is produced. I highly recommend his books. Below are two links, the first is a video of a talk he gave in March of 2007. It is on the Ted.com web site and there are other speeches with a nature theme on the page. The second link is to his web site.
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