MIchael Pollan Guest at July Slow Food Potluck

Michael Pollan: Keynote Speaker for Slow Food MV Summer Potluck and Fundraiser

The Martha’s Vineyard Slow Food Convivium will host guest speaker Michael Pollan, award-winning author and speaker at its fourth annual summer potluck and fundraiser at the New Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:00pm.

Pollan is an internationally recognized author of several books which examine how the human and natural worlds intersect; through food, agriculture and gardens. His 2006 book, “The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals,” examines how our eating choices effect our own health, and the health of our global environment. His most recent publication, “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” explores the notion that most of us are no longer eating “real food,” around a dinner table. His premise is that we return to the table, enjoy one another’s company and “Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly Plants.”

Pollan, who was born in 1955, grew up on Long Island, and was educated at Bennington College, Oxford University, and Columbia University, from which he received a Master’s in English. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, painter Judith Belzer, and their son, Issac.

Slow Food Martha’s Vineyard is the local chapter of Slow Food USA, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting good, clean, and fair food locally and globally. In the Slow Food tradition please bring a dish to share for six (including a local ingredient if possible) and your own place settings,and BYOB. Suggested donation is $15/$5 for Slow Food members, students and teens. Children 12 and under free. For more information contact Elizabeth at elizabeth.germain@gmail.com or 508-645-9466.

For more information about Michael Pollan, Slow Food, or Slow Food MV go to:

www.michaelpollan.com
www.slowfoodusa.org
www.slowfoodmarthasvineyard.org