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Hanover, NH, USA 03755
July 27, 2004
Nationally known writer Michael Pollan visited Dartmouth in late July, 2004.
Pollan has a wonderfully unique view of the natural world. His articulate prose
and remarkable narratives help him portray this vision in an engaging style
that is unmistakably Pollan's. His environmentally insightful writings have
caught the attention of the American literary world as well as the fickle
American public - his most recent work, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's Eye
View of the World, was a New York Times best seller. Over the last seven years
Pollan has received numerous awards, including the John Burroughs prize (for
the best natural history essay in 1997); the 2000 Reuters-I.U.C.N. Global Award
for Environmental Journalism for his reporting on genetic engineering; and the
James Beard Award for best magazine series in 2003. Pollan is currently a
contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and the Knight Professor of
Journalism at UC-Berkeley.
Pollan's Afternoon at Dartmouth
Pollan spent a busy day in Hanover meeting with faculty, having lunch with
students, and working at the organic farm with members of Dartmouth's
Ecological Agriculture class.
Lecture in Filene:
Following the Food Chain: The High Price of Cheap
Food
The culmination of Pollan's visit to Dartmouth was an evening lecture in
overflowing Filene Auditorium where Upper Valley community members, staff,
students and faculty listened from seats, steps and standing room to Michael
Pollan explore the problems associated with industrial agriculture and the
relatively low price of American food. Pollan discussed issues surrounding the
theory of agglomeration economies as applied to agriculture, scaled
alternatives to industrial food production and the local and worldwide social
ramifications of under-priced food. Below are some photographs of Pollan
lecturing, speaking with Noel Perrin (Dartmouth Professor Emeritus) before the
lecture and signing books for grateful readers afterwards.
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