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Michael Pollan, author of the book The Omnivore's
Dilemma, selected by the New York Times as one of the five best
non-fiction books of 2006, teaches journalism at UC Berkeley. David
Wood has a lot of money. (See last paragraph.)--Tom
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The
Troubled Waters of Big Ag's Academic Influence
EDITED
Last
month, the University of Minnesota caused a stir when it
postponed the
release of "Troubled Waters" - a film that focuses on
the effect
agriculture is having on U.S. waterways from Minnesota to
the Gulf of
Mexico.
The film's team had thoroughly fact-checked the film and
followed the
review process utilized by the PBS science program
NOVA.
Not long after the news broke that Troubled Waters was being
held up,
it came to light that VP of University Relations Karen Himle
was
behind the film's purgatory. This information was notable because
her
husband John Himle is president of Himle Horner, a public
relations
firm that represents the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council, a
group that
promotes both ethanol production and industrial agriculture
practices.
More troubling, Cargill - which is a key player in
ethanol production
- has its VP on the University of Minnesota's
board.
Controversies around agriculture at universities are not
new, but it
has become more frequent in recent years, as the public
becomes more
aware of food production methods and industrial
agriculture groups
feel threatened by the pressure to change. Just
last fall Michael
Pollan was scheduled to give a solo lecture at
California Polytechnic
State University when Harris Ranch Beef Company
Chairman David Wood
threatened to cut off $500,000 in funding to the
university if he was
allowed to do so.
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