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Michael Pollan on Food Policy

November 28, 2008
Few people reflect and report more astutely on the state of American food production and consumption than Michael Pollan. Beginning with his fascination in plant cultivation, The Botany Of Desire,Pollan has become a mixture of reporter and prophet, documenting the state of American food and warning of the consequences if we don’t change our ways. In this episode of Bill Moyers Journal, Moyers and Pollan talk about America’s food present and food future.
About Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. His previous book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History Of Four Meals (2006), was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by the New York Times and the Washington Post. Pollan served for many years as executive editor of Harper’sMagazine and is now the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley.