Food and farms
Chemical fertilizer is a climate disaster. Can high-tech biology fix it?
Startup Pivot Bio has developed a smarter way to get nitrogen to crops, and it has a new CEO who aims to supercharge growth.
By Michael Grunwald .
Michael Grunwald is writing a book for Simon & Schuster about how to feed the world without frying the world.
Grunwald a bestselling author and a former staff writer for The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Time magazine and Politico Magazine. He has won the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting and many other journalism honors.
He is the author of two critically acclaimed books, The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise, which was adapted for a PBS documentary, and The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era, which spent four weeks on The New York Times bestseller list.
Grunwald is married to Cristina Dominguez, a lawyer and Ayurvedic counselor. They live in Miami with their son, Max, their daughter, Lina, and their deranged dogs, Cookie and Wags.
The Latest from Michael Grunwald
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Food and farms
Why vertical farming just doesn't work
Vertical farms save water, prevent pesticide pollution and avoid extreme weather — but their Achilles' heel is their massive electricity use.By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
Cattle are a huge climate threat. Smarter ranching can help
Ranchers in Brazil are testing new and improved techniques that can lower the climate impact of beef production by using less land and curbing cattle's burps and farts.By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
Afraid of high-tech food? Get over it
Too many Americans are squeamish about cultivated meat, alt-protein processed foods and GMOs, but we'll need to get used to them to avert a climate catastrophe.By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
What exactly is 'climate-smart agriculture'?
The new climate law will direct big bucks toward regenerative farming practices. But is that good climate policy?By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
3 smart ways the US can grow more food while emitting less carbon
A climate-friendly national food strategy would start with accelerating alternative proteins, reducing food waste and investing in agricultural innovation.By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
This super-tree could help feed the world and fight climate change
Startup Terviva aims to plant millions of pongamia — "miracle" trees that can grow on arid badlands and yield products similar to soybeans and olive oil.By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
What's the most climate-friendly way to eat? It's tricky
Plus, why climate hawks should heed the Chick-Fil-A cows and eat more chicken.By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
Biofuels are accelerating the food crisis — and the climate crisis, too
It’s crazy to put more food in our fuel tanks when there’s a war on. Or when there isn’t.By Michael Grunwald .
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Food and farms
You think the energy problem is hard? Meet the food climate challenge
Slashing emissions from food and agriculture will be tough, but innovators are developing creative ways to do it, going way beyond Beyond Burgers.By Michael Grunwald .
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