Healing Arts Speaker Series: Michael Pollan

Nov. 6, 2014 | 7:30 p.m. | Miller Auditorium, Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo Community Foundation’s 2014 Community Meeting:  “A Community Conversation about Food” 

Michael Pollan has been recognized with the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers, named one of Newsweek’s Top 10 New Thought Leaders, and is the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkley, Graduate School of Journalism. 

At the Kalamazoo Community Foundation’s 2014 Community Meeting, author and food advocate Pollan will talk with us about the importance of a healthy food system and healthy food. Pollan is a recipient of the California Book Award, the James Beard Award, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His book "The Omnivore’s Dilemma" was named one of the 10 best books of 2006 by both The New York Times and The Washington Post.