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Food writer Pollan at California school upsets big agSAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP)--A California university has replaced a scheduled lecture by food writer Michael Pollan with a panel discussion after a beef company threatened to pull its donation to the school. Michael Pollan, a sustainable food advocate, was scheduled to speak at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Oct. 22. Harris Ranch Beef Co., Chairman David Wood wrote a letter to the university last month, threatening to withdraw his company's donation because the university was providing an "unchallenged forum'' for his criticism of conventional agriculture. Pollan, who teaches journalism at University of California, Berkeley, suggested a panel discussion instead and will now speak with a meat science expert and a large organic grower.
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