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I work very hard on finding good characters who can explain things to me, and I use them to help tell the story. I organize my pieces not just around people but around animals and plants, energy flows, the path that carbon takes through the food system.

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Michael Pollan
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 6
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