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Author of "Omnivore's Dilemma" to Speak
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., Sept. 24, 2007 -- Author Michael Pollan will deliver a lecture on "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals," Thursday, Oct. 11, at 8 p.m. The lecture will be held in the MainStage of the '62 Center on the Williams College campus. A book signing will follow.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are required. Contact the '62 Center box office to reserve tickets (413) 597-2425. Box office hours are Tues.-Fri. 1-5 p.m.
Pollan will discuss America's dilemma regarding food production and consumption and examine the ways in which Americans produce their food and make their meals, the subjects of his 2006 best selling book.
In the introduction to his book, Pollan asks readers, "What should we have for dinner?" He proceeds to consider the question in all its complexities: He looks at how America farming practices and eating habits have changed over the years. He considers the energy needs and environmental effects of modern-day industrial farming. He offers a first-hand account of organic farming and takes readers on his own hunting and gathering adventure. With an eye for the political, economic, psychological, and moral issues tied up in the subject, Pollen takes a long and deep look at the way we eat.
"The Omnivore's Dilemma" has earned many honors since it was published in 2006. A New York Times bestseller and one of the 10 best books of 2006 according to The New York Times and The Washington Post, the book won the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, and the James Beard Award for best food writing. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
A prolific author and journalist, Pollan has written extensively on the places where the human and natural worlds meet. He has focused on food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. "The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World" was a New York Times bestseller. This year, his articles "Unhappy Meals" and "You Are What You Grow" were published in the New York Times Magazine, where Pollan has been a contributing editor since 1987.
A teacher as well as a writer, Pollen is the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Journalism and directs the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism.
The Class of 1960 Scholars Program in Environmental Studies sponsors this and other lectures that address environmental topics.
In conjunction with Pollan's lecture, the college will screen Deborah Koons Garcia's film, "The Future of Food" on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. in the Paresky Performance Space. The filmmakers investigate the methods and means of production of the unlabeled, patented, and genetically modified foods that have made their way into America's pantries.
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For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4277. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/campusmap/
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The lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are required. Contact the '62 Center box office to reserve tickets (413) 597-2425. Box office hours are Tues.-Fri. 1-5 p.m.
Pollan will discuss America's dilemma regarding food production and consumption and examine the ways in which Americans produce their food and make their meals, the subjects of his 2006 best selling book.
In the introduction to his book, Pollan asks readers, "What should we have for dinner?" He proceeds to consider the question in all its complexities: He looks at how America farming practices and eating habits have changed over the years. He considers the energy needs and environmental effects of modern-day industrial farming. He offers a first-hand account of organic farming and takes readers on his own hunting and gathering adventure. With an eye for the political, economic, psychological, and moral issues tied up in the subject, Pollen takes a long and deep look at the way we eat.
"The Omnivore's Dilemma" has earned many honors since it was published in 2006. A New York Times bestseller and one of the 10 best books of 2006 according to The New York Times and The Washington Post, the book won the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, and the James Beard Award for best food writing. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
A prolific author and journalist, Pollan has written extensively on the places where the human and natural worlds meet. He has focused on food, agriculture, gardens, drugs, and architecture. "The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World" was a New York Times bestseller. This year, his articles "Unhappy Meals" and "You Are What You Grow" were published in the New York Times Magazine, where Pollan has been a contributing editor since 1987.
A teacher as well as a writer, Pollen is the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Journalism and directs the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism.
The Class of 1960 Scholars Program in Environmental Studies sponsors this and other lectures that address environmental topics.
In conjunction with Pollan's lecture, the college will screen Deborah Koons Garcia's film, "The Future of Food" on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. in the Paresky Performance Space. The filmmakers investigate the methods and means of production of the unlabeled, patented, and genetically modified foods that have made their way into America's pantries.
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For building locations on the Williams campus, please consult the map outside the driveway entrance to the Security Office located in Hopkins Hall on Main Street (Rte. 2), next to the Thompson Memorial Chapel, or call the Office of Public Affairs (413) 597-4277. The map can also be found on the web at www.williams.edu/home/campusmap/
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