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“Botany of Desire” musical plans revealed

By Ethicurean • on May 2, 2009

Annals of Pollanation: Two artists-in-residence at UC Berkeley, Alex Harvey and John Gromada, are adapting Michael Pollan's 2001 bestseller "The Botany of Desire" as a musical, and last week several hundred people attended a  campus read-though of the upcoming work. Fun fact: The marijuana section may be presented on 3-D animated screens. (

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Wear the Sun-Food Agenda on your chest

By Bonnie Azab Powell • on October 16, 2008

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By Marc R. aka Mental Masala • on August 18, 2008

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