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- Michael Pollan Lecture
Kohl Center
Thursday, September 24 at 7:00pm
Join our virtual book discussion! Each week, we will post a new topic for discussion on the blog, and followers are encouraged to participate by responding in the comment section below each post. Feel free to use and expand on these questions in your own book discussions....
Are you finished reading and using this year's Go Big Read book: In Defense of Food...
From the Center for the Humanities...Heather PaxsonAssociate Professor of Anthropology, MITReverse-Engineering Terroir: Locating the Value of American Artisan CheeseDecember 10, 2009 @ 4:00 pmUniversity Club Building, Room 313This event is one of the WIH Biopolitics Symposia events.Initially...
December 3rd, seven panelists representing a variety of perspectives on local food systems came together at an event organized by Lara Peschke at College Library...
Join us in a virtual book discussion on the Food For Thought Posts in the Go Big Read Blog! Each week, we will post a new topic for discussion on the blog, and followers are encouraged to participate by responding in the comment section below each post....
Former U.S. Senator George McGovern has agreed to serve as the keynote speaker for the spring Day on Campus: Food Summit program...
Maira Kalman has long been one of my favorite artists, ever since I was first enchanted by her children's book "Ooh la la, Max in Love." She now writes these amazing pieces for the New York Times online that are illustrated columns; part of a monthly series called "And ...the Pursuit of Happiness"...
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We've started planning for Go Big Read's sophomore year. We would love to get a wide variety of suggestions from students, faculty, staff, community members, and alums. To make a suggestion or for more information on the selection criteria, visit the Go Big Read home page...
Are you unable to attend one of the scheduled book discussions but want to get involved in the conversation?Want to connect with people from all over the UW campus and the greater Madison community?Join us in a virtual book discussion on the Food For Thought Posts in the Go Big Read Blog...
Panel-Discussion Partnered by the 2009 Go Big Read InitiativeWhat are the benefits of buying local? Where can one find local foods? What businesses support local growers? Inspired by the Go Big Read initiative, learn how to become a more conscious consumer in this discussion of local food...
Are you unable to attend one of the scheduled book discussions but want to get involved in the conversation? Want to connect with people from all over the UW campus and the greater Madison community?Join us in a virtual book discussion on the Food For Thought Posts in the Go Big Read Blog...
Panel-Discussion Partnered by the 2009 ?Go Big Read? InitiativeWhat are the benefits of buying local? Where can one find local foods? What businesses support local growers? Inspired by the ?Go Big Read? initiative, learn how to become a more conscious consumer in this discussion of local food...
Jambo, Bwana! (Hello, Mr.)As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Kenya, East Africa, I was able to live in a food culture similar to that which Mr. Pollan would have us aspire. Vegetables and variations of ground corn were the staples of the diet, when enough was available...
Planning is under way for Go Big Read's sophomore year, and nominations are now being accepted for next year's book selection...
Laced or Unlaced? Mr. Pollan repeats the misleading anti-animal litany about dairy and meat products being ?laced? with hormones and antibiotics...
