Michael Grunwald
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
WE ARE EATING THE EARTH is here! https://www.amazon.com/We-Are-Eating-Earth-Climate/dp/1982160071 So is my new website: michaelgrunwaldbooks.com
The @nextbigidea.bsky.social club's book of the day is WE ARE EATING THE EARTH! They give a nice overview of the argument, with some juicy tidbits, but of course you gotta buy the book to get the fun narrative with all the cool characters.
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We Are Eating the Earth
Journalist Michael Grunwald explains how our food system is destroying the planet—and what it will take to fix it.
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The @nextbigidea.bsky.social club's book of the day is WE ARE EATING THE EARTH! They give a nice overview of the argument, with some juicy tidbits, but of course you gotta buy the book to get the fun narrative with all the cool characters.
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/we-are-eat...
bookoftheday.nextbigideaclub.com/p/we-are-eat...
Love the original artwork for the new Sam Kass book! 😜
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Love the original artwork for the new Sam Kass book! 😜
A prominent MAHA mom took on my defense of Roundup. Her argument is: Glyphosate is in our bodies, juries are mad about it, and Monsanto was weaselly about it. I won't fight her on any of that; the thing is, Roundup is still safe, and the alternatives still suck. amac.us/newsline/lif...
Spraying Roundup on Crops is Not Fine. Really. | @AmacforAmerica
A MAHA mom exposes the truth about glyphosate, corporate influence, and the urgent need for safer, sustainable farming.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
A prominent MAHA mom took on my defense of Roundup. Her argument is: Glyphosate is in our bodies, juries are mad about it, and Monsanto was weaselly about it. I won't fight her on any of that; the thing is, Roundup is still safe, and the alternatives still suck. amac.us/newsline/lif...
The haters on the left and right will get their way, Roundup will be discontinued, and it will be replaced by much nastier stuff that makes much more money for big chemical companies.
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Bayer Weighs Roundup’s Demise Over Thousands of Cancer Lawsuits
The world’s most widely used weedkiller is confronting legal battles as well as a cat-and-mouse game with nature. But it’s not clear what can take its place.
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The haters on the left and right will get their way, Roundup will be discontinued, and it will be replaced by much nastier stuff that makes much more money for big chemical companies.
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Why do Democrats still support subsidies for rich farmers who hate them? It’s dumb policy and dumb politics. Stop obsessing about America’s 2 million farmers. Start thinking about America’s 350 million eaters.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Why do Democrats still support subsidies for rich farmers who hate them? It’s dumb policy and dumb politics. Stop obsessing about America’s 2 million farmers. Start thinking about America’s 350 million eaters.
Going to keep posting this thread about my dad's #Kristallnacht story every year. He turned 90 in July, he's in great mental and physical shape (though very pissed about US politics). I can't imagine there are many Holocaust survivors as healthy as he is.
I post this thread on Twitter every year on #Kristallnacht. I’ll post the unrolled version here. My dad is 89 now, still doing great, although pretty gloomy about the election.
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Thread by @MikeGrunwald: "My dad’s first memory is hiding under a table 80 years ago tonight, when Nazis took his dad to Dachau on . His parents, my Omi […]" #Kristallnacht
Thread by @MikeGrunwald: "My dad’s first memory is hiding under a table 80 years ago tonight, when Nazis took his dad to Dachau on . His parepi, always considered themselves more German than Jewish, s...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Going to keep posting this thread about my dad's #Kristallnacht story every year. He turned 90 in July, he's in great mental and physical shape (though very pissed about US politics). I can't imagine there are many Holocaust survivors as healthy as he is.
If Schumer actually does this insane deal, it’s fair to wonder if he’s making Republican bets on Fanduel. This is Terry Rozier-level politics.
November 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If Schumer actually does this insane deal, it’s fair to wonder if he’s making Republican bets on Fanduel. This is Terry Rozier-level politics.
I was agnostic about politics but my flight home just got cancelled so I’m now an angry white male voter.
November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I was agnostic about politics but my flight home just got cancelled so I’m now an angry white male voter.
I gave a short and kinda provocative talk about climate communications at B.U.'s inaugural Media Innovation and Social Impact summit. I posted it on my free Substack, which is called Emissions; I haven't emitted much yet but please sign up, I'm planning to start.
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A Failure to Communicate
A few inconvenient truths about climate communication and climate action. Starting with the awkward fact that they're not as inextricably linked as climate people think.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I gave a short and kinda provocative talk about climate communications at B.U.'s inaugural Media Innovation and Social Impact summit. I posted it on my free Substack, which is called Emissions; I haven't emitted much yet but please sign up, I'm planning to start.
open.substack.com/pub/michaelg...
open.substack.com/pub/michaelg...
A hill I will die on is that this is a stupid reason to go to the moon.
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A hill I will die on is that this is a stupid reason to go to the moon.
I know it's hard to keep up with all the insanity but it's really outrageous that Trump is giving Argentina a $20 billion bailout to prop up its right-wing president and some hedge fund bros at the same time he's ending foreign aid for the global poor.
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I know it's hard to keep up with all the insanity but it's really outrageous that Trump is giving Argentina a $20 billion bailout to prop up its right-wing president and some hedge fund bros at the same time he's ending foreign aid for the global poor.
None of the big Dem winners - Spanberger, Sherrill, even Mamdani - talked a lot about the climate. But their wins are all good for the climate! Maybe climate activists should think about this before yelling at Dems to talk a lot about the climate.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
None of the big Dem winners - Spanberger, Sherrill, even Mamdani - talked a lot about the climate. But their wins are all good for the climate! Maybe climate activists should think about this before yelling at Dems to talk a lot about the climate.
The lesson of the elections, once again, is that Democrats can’t just be against something. They have to be very very against something.
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The lesson of the elections, once again, is that Democrats can’t just be against something. They have to be very very against something.
My first choice would’ve been Adams - NYC looks great these days! - but it’s crazy that Schumer never endorsed the D nominee. The Ds are gonna need goodwill from lefties, this was such a pointless stand to take.
Since I’ve been whining about the left: It’s really dumb that Schumer and other Dem leaders haven’t endorsed Mamdani. He’s the nominee, it’s NYC, if you want a big tent you have to show you mean it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My first choice would’ve been Adams - NYC looks great these days! - but it’s crazy that Schumer never endorsed the D nominee. The Ds are gonna need goodwill from lefties, this was such a pointless stand to take.
Reposted by Michael Grunwald
BAY AREA! I’ll be at Stanford Wednesday to talk about food and the planet with the brilliant scientist David Lobell. Then on to Boston Friday and Austin Sunday. Here’s the Stanford event: events.stanford.edu/event/stanfo...
Stanford Food Speaker Series: A Conversation with New York Times Bestselling Author Michael Grunwald
events.stanford.edu
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BAY AREA! I’ll be at Stanford Wednesday to talk about food and the planet with the brilliant scientist David Lobell. Then on to Boston Friday and Austin Sunday. Here’s the Stanford event: events.stanford.edu/event/stanfo...
Dick Cheney got George W. Bush to break his promise to regulate carbon emissions, and began turning climate into a strictly partisan issue. He was always loyal to fossil fuels and that’s a huge part of his legacy.
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Dick Cheney got George W. Bush to break his promise to regulate carbon emissions, and began turning climate into a strictly partisan issue. He was always loyal to fossil fuels and that’s a huge part of his legacy.
BAY AREA! I’ll be at Stanford Wednesday to talk about food and the planet with the brilliant scientist David Lobell. Then on to Boston Friday and Austin Sunday. Here’s the Stanford event: events.stanford.edu/event/stanfo...
Stanford Food Speaker Series: A Conversation with New York Times Bestselling Author Michael Grunwald
events.stanford.edu
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BAY AREA! I’ll be at Stanford Wednesday to talk about food and the planet with the brilliant scientist David Lobell. Then on to Boston Friday and Austin Sunday. Here’s the Stanford event: events.stanford.edu/event/stanfo...
Seven Republican states have banned cultivated meat, including my so-called Free State of Florida. What happened to free markets and free competition? Since when do politicians get to tell me what to eat?
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Seven Republican states have banned cultivated meat, including my so-called Free State of Florida. What happened to free markets and free competition? Since when do politicians get to tell me what to eat?
Climate hawks (like me!) should listen to the Deciding to Win/Searchlight/Yglesias warning that climate talk turns off swing voters. But here’s some popular stuff to talk about:
- Solar
- Clean air (even Trump talks it up!)
- Denial is dumb
- Banning renewables is bad
- Solar
- Clean air (even Trump talks it up!)
- Denial is dumb
- Banning renewables is bad
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Climate hawks (like me!) should listen to the Deciding to Win/Searchlight/Yglesias warning that climate talk turns off swing voters. But here’s some popular stuff to talk about:
- Solar
- Clean air (even Trump talks it up!)
- Denial is dumb
- Banning renewables is bad
- Solar
- Clean air (even Trump talks it up!)
- Denial is dumb
- Banning renewables is bad
WE ARE EATING THE EARTH chronicled how Tim Searchinger dismantled the science behind the biofuels industry and carbon farming industry. I regret to report that he's now taking on the forestry industry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reply to: Carbon implications of wood harvesting and forest management
Nature - Reply to: Carbon implications of wood harvesting and forest management
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October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE ARE EATING THE EARTH chronicled how Tim Searchinger dismantled the science behind the biofuels industry and carbon farming industry. I regret to report that he's now taking on the forestry industry: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I didn't even know WE ARE EATING THE EARTH made The New Yorker's list of the best books of the year so far.
www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
What We’re Reading
Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I didn't even know WE ARE EATING THE EARTH made The New Yorker's list of the best books of the year so far.
www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...
This is really touching. Mark Easter, who wrote a book about regenerative ag and disagrees with me about some fundamental stuff, went out of his way to emphasize a bunch of things he admired about my book before getting to his polite disagreement.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/the-...
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The ecologist who serves up climate science on a plate » Yale Climate Connections
Mark Easter’s “The Blue Plate” turns shrimp, bread, and even pie into lessons on saving the planet, one delicious bite at a time.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is really touching. Mark Easter, who wrote a book about regenerative ag and disagrees with me about some fundamental stuff, went out of his way to emphasize a bunch of things he admired about my book before getting to his polite disagreement.
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/the-...
yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/the-...
Northwestern! I’m speaking on campus today: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/634089
planitpurple.northwestern.edu
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Northwestern! I’m speaking on campus today: planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/634089
Since I’ve been whining about the left: It’s really dumb that Schumer and other Dem leaders haven’t endorsed Mamdani. He’s the nominee, it’s NYC, if you want a big tent you have to show you mean it.
October 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Since I’ve been whining about the left: It’s really dumb that Schumer and other Dem leaders haven’t endorsed Mamdani. He’s the nominee, it’s NYC, if you want a big tent you have to show you mean it.
