Michael Pollan

The Botany of Desire

Natural history of plants shaped by human desire and cultivation

About the author

Michael Pollan
Michael Pollan

American journalist and writer whose The Omnivore's Dilemma transformed debate about food, agriculture, and American eating habits. How to Change Your Mind examined the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. In Defense of Food proposed simple rules for eating in an age of nutritional confusion.

More by Michael Pollan