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    Mourning Wild Oats

    Posted on: Friday, February 23rd, 2007 in: Environmental, The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

    I went out and did my grocery shopping today. I was bummed as I went around Wild Oats and realized that soon it would be swallowed up by Whole Foods. I realize that Boulder is home to Wild Oats, and that is probably why I like it so much. They do a [...]

    New books and my chance to hear Michael Pollan speak

    Posted on: Friday, February 9th, 2007 in: Book Talk, Environmental, The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

    I have all of these entries in the works, but I’ve been bogged down and haven’t had them time to actually write them out.
    Last night I had the opportunity to go hear Michael Pollan (author of The Omnivore’s Delimma) speak. It was really great, and it was perfect timing since I’ve been blogging [...]

    The animals on the “beyond organic” farm

    Posted on: Saturday, January 20th, 2007 in: Environmental, The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan, Vegetarian

    The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
    By: Michael Pollan
    I split this into two entries. I hope that it won’t discourage people from reading the other one
    In Chapter Eleven, Pollan discusses the way that the animals [...]

    Beyond organic

    Posted on: Saturday, January 20th, 2007 in: Environmental, The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan, Vegetarian

    The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
    By: Michael Pollan
    I wanted to get this entry up pretty quickly, because I don’t want to look like I am poo-pooing organic These next few chapters have given me a [...]

    Is “Organic” any better?

    Posted on: Friday, January 19th, 2007 in: Environmental, The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan

    The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
    By: Michael Pollan
    As I continue through The Omnivore’s Dilemma, there is just so much that I want to write about! I am working through the chapter on “Big Organic” right now, and [...]

    The corn-fed American steer

    Posted on: Friday, January 12th, 2007 in: Environmental, The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan, Vegetarian

    The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
    By: Michael Pollan
    Wow, I am 5 chapters into The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and it is a great read. I would like to point out that this author is NOT a vegetarian, and even [...]

    Corn, corn everywhere

    Posted on: Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 in: Environmental, The Omnivore's Dilemma - Michael Pollan, Vegetarian

    The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
    By: Michael Pollan
    On the suggestion of a few women at GCM, I decided to pick up a copy of The Omnivore’s Dilemma - A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan. [...]