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Who is really in charge here?

Check out this talk by one of my favorite authors, Michael Pollan, a natural historian whose book The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World introduced me to a whole new way of thinking about our world many years ago.

In this clip he discusses a topic from his book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, where he explores who is really in charge: people or plants.


Written by Elizabeth on June 26, 2008 at 10:48 am and filed under Books, Gardening.
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  1. Effortless Eating » Farmer In Chief says:
    October 15, 2008 at 9:02 am

    [...] Michael Pollan, one of my favorite writers about food, where it comes from, and the systems that produce it, published an excellent open letter about food policies in the New York Times to the next president, whoever that may be. [...]

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