Michael Pollan Bio | Wiki

Michael Pollan is an American author and journalist. Currently, he is the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He is best known for his books that explore the socio-cultural impacts of food, such as The Omnivore’s Dilemma and The Botany of Desire.

Michael Pollan Age

Michael was born on February 6, 1955, in Long Island, New York, United States. He is 67 years old.

Michael Pollan Height

He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.70).

Michael Pollan Family

He was born and raised in a Jewish family on Long Island, New York. Michael’s father Stephen Pollan served as an author and financial consultant while his mother Corky Pollan was a columnist. He grew up alongside his siblings Tracy, Lori, and Dana.

Michael Pollan Wife

Michael is married to his lovely wife Judith Belzer. The couple held their wedding in 1987. Together, they have a son named Isaac Pollan.

Michael Pollan Education

He earned a B.A. in English from Bennington College in 1977 and an M.A. in English from Columbia University in 1981.

Michael Pollan Books

This Is Your Mind on Plants 2021
How to Change Your Mind 2018
Pollan Family Table 2014
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation 2013
Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual 2009
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto 2008
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 2006
The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World. New York 2001
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder 1997
Second nature: a gardener’s education 1991

Michael Pollan How To Change Your Mind

In 2018, Michael wrote How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. The book is about the history and future of psychedelic drugs. It became a No. 1 New York Times best-seller.

Michael Pollan Caffeine | This Is Your Mind on Plants

He wrote and narrated an audiobook, Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World, for Audible.com. Michael’s book This Is Your Mind on Plants was released on July 6, 2021. It explores in particular opium, caffeine, and mescaline.

He tried to start a post-war on drugs conversation that better takes into account how different one drug is from another. He also figures out cultural containers for each of them, to use safely and productively. The book ends with a ceremony around the use of San Pedro, a relatively fast-growing Andean cactus that contains mescaline.

Michael Pollan Food Rules

Michael’s book Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual was published in 2009. It is a condensed version of his previous efforts, intended to provide a simple framework for a healthy and sustainable diet. The work is divided into three sections, further explicating Pollan’s principles of “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” It includes his rules (i.e., “let others sample your food” and “the whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead”).

Michael Pollan Cooked

In his book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation, published in 2013, Michael explores the methods by which cooks mediate “between nature and culture.” The book became organized into four sections corresponding to the classical elements of Fire (cooking with heat), Air (breadmaking), Water (braising and boiling with pots), and Earth (fermenting).

Michael Pollan Omnivore’s Dilemma

In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael describes four basic ways that human societies have obtained food. The current industrial system, the big organic operation, the local self-sufficient farm, and the hunter-gatherer. He follows each of these processes—from a group of plants photosynthesizing calories through a series of intermediate stages, ultimately into a meal.

Michael Pollan Place Of My Own

In Michael’s 1998 book A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder, he methodically traced the design and construction of the out-building where he writes. The 2008 re-release of this book became re-titled A Place of My Own: The Architecture of Daydreams.

Who Is Michael Pollan

Michael is an American author and journalist. Currently, he is the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

Michael Pollan Net Worth

He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Michael’s estimated net worth is $1.4 million.