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Omnivore’s Dilemma, a banned book?
Posted on Fri, May 29, 2009 by Jerusha Klemperer
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The blogosphere started buzzing last week with the report from the Chronicle of Higher Education that Washington State University had removed a required program for freshmen that included reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Was it politically motivated? Was one more landgrant school succumbing to the pressures of corporate agribusiness? The NY Times reports that the decision was purely financial, and that food safety wonk Bill Marler’s 11th hour check was enough to reinstate the program.
Not so fast, says Tom Laskawy, on Grist, who cites a bad actor on the school’s Board of Regents as the possible culprit in the book’s removal…
Either way, the book is back on the program. And there’s nothing like a quick book banning scandal—real or imagined, true or false—to fuel our passion for free speech.
Member Comments
From Benners36 on Sat, May 30, 2009
Very interesting reviews on this book, something I’ll have to read, SOON!
From Bill Marler on Sat, May 30, 2009
It was a good outcome all around.
From Lori on Sat, May 30, 2009
I am reading the book right now and am looking at my food choices in a whole new light. Personally, I think EVERYONE should read this book!
From mahng on Thu, June 11, 2009
I heard a similar thing at the UW-Madison. Students voted for Omnivore’s Dilemma as the choice for the Common Book program and then the Dean of Agriculture insisted that it not be used because it was too controversial for the corn growers association. As a result, another of Pollen’s books was chosen - In Defense of Food. Instead of directly dealing with the politics of food and agriculture, the book looks at the politics of nutrition. Not a bad second choice!
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