Why does PETA assume that cells grown in a lab = food? Isn't food another form of energy, i.e. plants convert sun's energy, small animals eat plants, bigger animals eat smaller animals. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, haven't we been deceived enough by the nutrition "experts" that they have any clue about what is "good?" At the risk of sounding like a nut, I'm going with Pollan on this one: if your grandmother didn't eat it, you probably shouldn't, either. I'll stick to the pastured beef and chicken I get from local farmers.
In concert with your podcasting initiative, your faculty development office should instruct faculty on obligating students to attend class by encouraging active learning. There are a number of things professors can do to actively engage students in the classroom, and they can even require such activities as a portion of the course grade. This approach is better than a simple attendance policy.
Your faculty development office could even make such instruction available via podcasts, so that busy professors wouldn't have to attend a face-to-face session.:D
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Why does PETA assume that cells grown in a lab = food? Isn't food another form of energy, i.e. plants convert sun's energy, small animals eat plants, bigger animals eat smaller animals. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts, haven't we been deceived enough by the nutrition "experts" that they have any clue about what is "good?" At the risk of sounding like a nut, I'm going with Pollan on this one: if your grandmother didn't eat it, you probably shouldn't, either. I'll stick to the pastured beef and chicken I get from local farmers.
In concert with your podcasting initiative, your faculty development office should instruct faculty on obligating students to attend class by encouraging active learning. There are a number of things professors can do to actively engage students in the classroom, and they can even require such activities as a portion of the course grade. This approach is better than a simple attendance policy. Your faculty development office could even make such instruction available via podcasts, so that busy professors wouldn't have to attend a face-to-face session. :D