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A guide to literary Berkeley, past and present

July 18, 2012:

From Philip K. Dick and Ursula LeGuin (both Berkeley High Class of ’47) to Kerouac to Hass and Chabon, Berkeley is haunted and defined by literary figures past and present. Now poet and UC Berkeley student Andrew David King has tracked down the who, what and where and published the results, which Berkeleyside calls “a delightful and comprehensive overview” of the city’s literary zeitgeist, in Ploughshares Literary Magazine.

California experts argue for healthy food in Farm Bill 2012

April 16, 2012:

U.S. agricultural policy doesn’t needs money into programs that support healthy eating or California farmers, and the 2012 Farm Bill gives it the opportunity to do more, a panel of California food experts including UC Berkeley professor Michael Pollan argued to a packed auditorium on campus.

Public invited to sit in on Michael Pollan’s food-movement course

July 28, 2011:

A rush is expected on Aug. 15, when Berkeley will offer the public free seats in food guru and journalism prof Michael Pollan’s fall class on the food movement.

An idealist’s new food label

July 28, 2011:

Berkeley’s J-School partnered in a food-label design contest aiming to inspire better food and nutrition literacy. And the winner is …

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