Michael Pollan

Born and raised in Long Island, New York, Pollan attended Bennington College and received a Master’s Degree in English Literature at Columbia University. He has since worked as a magazine editor and writer, notably as executive editor at Harper’s from 1983 to 1994 and as a contributing writer and editor at The New York Times Magazine from 1995 to the present. Pollan began writing about gardening and agriculture after exploring it as a hobby, and has since become one of America’s most prominent voices on issues relating to the modern food system. He is the author of eight books, five of which were New York Times bestsellers, and he has won numerous awards, including being named to Time’s list of the 100 most influential people in 2010. Pollan has served as the Knight Professor of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Journalism since 2003.