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Lecture: NYT Bestselling Author Michael Grunwald
November 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm
Join journalist and NYT bestselling author Michael Grunwald for a free public lecture about his new book, We Are Eating the Earth, a groundbreaking report on agriculture’s climate impact and innovative solutions to fix our food system.
Journalist and New York Times bestselling author Michael Grunwald will speak about his new book, We Are Eating the Earth: The Race to Fix Our Food System and Save Our Climate, in a free public lecture at noon on Nov. 14, 2025, in the Pugh Hall Ocora.
Grunwald’s latest book examines how agricultural practices have added fuel to the climate crisis, revealing that food production—responsible for a third of global carbon emissions—has cleared land the size of Europe and Asia combined. With nearly 10 billion people to feed by 2050, continued agricultural expansion threatens more deforestation.
Grunwald exposes inadequate strategies that worsen the problem, and highlights innovations—from resilient crops to gene-edited livestock—that provide sustainable alternatives. Ultimately, the book offers a hopeful roadmap of policy, technology and a renewed land ethic to protect the environment while nourishing humanity.
About the Author
Michael Grunwald is the bestselling author of two widely acclaimed previous books, The Swamp and The New New Deal.
He’s a former staff writer for The Washington Post, Time, and POLITICO, and winner of the George Polk Award for national reporting, the Worth Bingham Award for investigative reporting, and many other journalism prizes. He lives in Miami.
This University of Florida event is sponsored by the Bob Graham Center for Public Service; the College of Journalism and Communications; WUFT’s Environment & Ag Desk; the Florida Climate Institute; and the Rothman Family Chair in the Humanities.