Illahee Lecture Series: Michael Pollan

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"Oil and Agriculture: The High Cost of Cheap Food"

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Michael Pollan, contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and author, has done a range of work in journalism, environmentalism, and architecture. Pollan, originally from Long Island, earned his college degrees at Bennington College, Oxford University, 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.

Pollan’s books, Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education (1991), and The Botany of Desire (2001), are among his many works that examine the intersections between science and culture. His forthcoming book The Omnivores Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals explores the implications of modern society's cornucopia of food choices on our health and the health of the planet. Shorter works by Pollan have been anthologized in collections such as Best American Essays and the Norton Book of Nature Writing. Pollan has given numerous lectures on environmentalism, gardening, and nature.

Pollan received the Borders Original Voice Award for the best non-fiction work of 2001. Other writing awards earned by Michael Pollan include the John Burroughs prize for the best natural history essay in 1997, the QPB New Vision Award for Second Nature and the 2000 Reuters-World Conservation Union Global Award for Environmental Journalism for reporting on genetic engineering.

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