Michael Pollan
CountryUnited States 
GenderMale
BirthdayFeb. 6, 1955
BiographyMichael Kevin Pollan (born February 6, 1955) is an American journalist, specializing in food, who is a professor and the first Lewis K. Chan Arts Lecturer at Harvard University. Concurrently, he is the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism and the director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism where in 2020 he co-founded the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics, in which he leads the public-education program.
Pollan is best known for his books that explore the socio-cultural impacts of food, such as The Botany of Desire (2001) and The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006), as well as those that explore the impact of drugs on society and consciousness, such as How To Change Your Mind (2018) and This Is Your Mind On Plants (2021). The popularity of his books has led to widespread awareness about various parts of the food system, including the local food movement, understanding the connections between climate change and food, and problems with industrial food. Recent books have made Pollan a popular part of the modern education around psychedelics and other mind-altering foods and plants.
His 2018 book How To Change Your Mind, in particular, is considered a cultural turning point for how it contributed to the revival of positive and accepting attitudes towards the potential benefits of psychedelics.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Michael Pollan. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Pollan is best known for his books that explore the socio-cultural impacts of food, such as The Botany of Desire (2001) and The Omnivore's Dilemma (2006), as well as those that explore the impact of drugs on society and consciousness, such as How To Change Your Mind (2018) and This Is Your Mind On Plants (2021). The popularity of his books has led to widespread awareness about various parts of the food system, including the local food movement, understanding the connections between climate change and food, and problems with industrial food. Recent books have made Pollan a popular part of the modern education around psychedelics and other mind-altering foods and plants.
His 2018 book How To Change Your Mind, in particular, is considered a cultural turning point for how it contributed to the revival of positive and accepting attitudes towards the potential benefits of psychedelics.
Biography from the Wikipedia article Michael Pollan. Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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