"Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These words to live by from the award-winning author Michael Pollan resonate at the heart of his newest work, “In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.” He considers what science does and does not know about diet and health, proposing a new way of thinking about food that is informed by ecology and tradition. Pollan is Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley. Series: "Voices" [Health and Medicine] [Humanities] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 14209]

Author Michael Pollan discusses his book about the ethics and ecology of eating. He is joined by a distinguished panel to discuss topics related to food, agriculture and the environment. [Humanities] [Show ID: 12178]