Food Truths from Farm to Table: 25 Surprising Ways to Shop & Eat without Guilt
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Food Truths from Farm to Table: 25 Surprising Ways to Shop & Eat without Guilt
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Overview
What is the only "food" on your dinner table that does not contain hormones? How can animals raised for food also be treated with respect? Is it true that a typical serving of broccoli has more estrogen than a serving of steak? Why is more than 40 percent of food wasted in the United States? Food Truths from Farm to Table: 25 Surprising Ways to Shop&Eat without Guilt answers all of these questions and many more, bringing an unheard voice into the highly emotional food debate. Authored by Michele Payn, a leading farm and food advocate with an in-depth understanding of both sides of the plate, this intriguing book helps readers understand how food is really produced, answers food critics, and points out how food marketing and labels are often half-truths or even "less-than-half truths."
These 25 food truths enable an understanding of how food is grown, providing a transparent window into today's farming and ranching practices that empowers you to make informed personal choices and determine what is right for your family. Each chapter presents a farm or ranch story, answers questions around a major issue, provides science-based information, and includes a sidebar section of food truths and myths.
Readers will gain insights from a food expert who offers a viewpoint that stands in stark contrast to the typical sensationalist and often negative perspective on fashionable food—accurate information that will help you to better trust the intentions and processes in farming and ranching. The revelations in this book will simplify food shopping, reduce guilt about being a consumer, and give you the freedom to enjoy your food again.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798216085942 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication date: | 03/20/2017 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 232 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
| Age Range: | 7 - 17 Years |
About the Author
Michele Payn is an author and a media resource who speaks from the intersection of farm and food to bring clarity and common sense to the grocery store.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Truth in Food
25 Food Truths to Shop&Eat without Guilt
1. Take Guilt Off Your Food List
Part I: Dairy
2. Are Happy Cows on Drugs Harming My Kids?
3. Your Milk Is Not Filled with Antibiotics
4. Animal Welfare Is 24-Hour Care
5. Are Confined Spaces Cruel?
6. Is Organic the Utopia?
Part II: Eggs
7. Animal Care, in Context
8. Pecking Order Isn't Pretty
9. Eggstravaganza or Overwhelmed?
10. Farmers Buy Food, Too
Part III: Fruits
11. Is Your Fruit Creating an Environmental Frenzy?
12. Where Fruits Grow, Bugs Go
13. Excuse Me, There's a Cucumber in My Papaya
14. Cutting Boards and Cross-Contamination
15. Organic Produce Requires Pesticides?
16. Water and Family: The Lifeblood of Growing Food
Part IV: Vegetables
17. Does Eating Healthy Cost More?
18. Vegetables Make Chemicals?
19. Freshness Is a Science
20. What's Growing in Your Veggie Drawer?
21. A Love of Playing in the Soil
Part V: Meats
22. The Mayhem of Meat. Why Isn't Farming Like Charlotte's Web?
23. Are Antibiotics Awful?
24. Is Meat Messing with Your Hormones?
25. The Mass Production of Education, Medication, and Food
26. Does Your Burger Damage the Environment?
27. There Is No Singular "Right" Way to Buy or Grow Food
28. Are You Growing Bacteria?
Part VI: Bread and Baking Aisle
29. Saving Our Soil
30. Would You Like a Loaf of Guilt with Your Bread?
31. Sugar, Salt, and Everything Evil
32. Is Your Fat Better Than My Fat?
Part VII: Cereal Aisle
33. Pardon Me, You Dropped Intellectual Property in My Food
34. The Demonization of the Corn Stalk
35. Is the Environment Sacrificed for Profitability?
36. What Is Pecksniffery?
Part VIII: Snacks and Convenience Foods
37. The Reality of Convenience
38. Balancing Choice on the Plate and the Farm
39. Cheap Food Will Cost You More Later
40. Are They Sneaky Snacks or Are We Label Illiterate?
Part IX: Deli and Foodservice
41. Whose Hands Have Been in Your Food?
42. Just Because You Can't Pronounce It Doesn't Mean It's Bad for You
43. We're Not Crossing Frogs and Corn
44. Everything in Moderation
45. Checkout with Truth, Not Fear or Guilt
Michele's Food Philosophy
A Note about the Remaining Aisles and Issues . . .
Notes
Index
What People are Saying About This
"Food Truths from Farm to Table is very refreshing as the book exemplifies critical thinking skills needed in any discussion about food. Michele Payn offers readers an inside look at farmer's abilities and initiatives, as well as the technologies and knowledge of many others in producing safe and affordable food. Her personal experiences and transparency build trust—and when combined with Michele's extensive research, these food truths become real to readers. This book will help consumers sort through how to make the best food choices for their families."
"Food Truths from Farm to Table provides a transparent window into modern day agriculture so you can better know the people and practices behind your food. Michele Payn has a unique ability to connect the values of farming and food buyers through story and science."
"This book is for the 7 billion people who eat each day. Michele Payn highlights how family farms are fighting food waste, hunger, and other issues, and the solutions they're coming up with in fields across the world."
"Everyone can benefit from a clearer understanding of why farmers and ranchers produce food the way they do. Michele Payn takes readers inside farms and ranches to answer questions about the food issues on consumers' minds. Food Truths from Farm to Table provides a much-needed, well-rounded, and accurate perspective on today's farming and ranching."
"In Food Truths from Farm to Table, Michele Payn cuts through the incredible noise that surrounds our food choices to provide clear, insightful answers to some of the most common questions about food. Organized in a creative way, she provides a highly informative 'guide book' to the grocery store, bringing both current research and insights from those who produce our food to unpack some of the most vexing questions and widespread myths about food. This candid and common sense book will help you be a much more informed consumer and take the shame out of the food choices you make."
"This is an awesome book that provides usable information about food, farming, and nutrition. Michele Payn's insight is contrarian to the sensationalism of fashionable food, but will help you take the drama out of food choices. Food Truths from Farm to Table is an important read for every dietician, grocery shopper, and anyone who wants to enjoy food."
"It's time to celebrate and enjoy our abundant, wonderful food choices without angst, guilt, shame, or fear. Food Truths from Farm to Table will help you be smart and comfortable about all food choices, while identifying marketing half-truths and misinformation that take the joy out of eating. Michele Payn connects farming, food, nutrition, and health throughout this useful book."
"Understanding the 'real story' about food is a critical issue for every health professional, parent, chef, and essentially anyone buying food. You will find answers to your most challenging questions around nutrition and health in Food Truths from Farm to Table—and learn to enjoy, not fear, food."
"This is an important topic for anyone who eats! Michele Payn's writing makes tough topics approachable; she gives an insider's look at all types of farming and ranching. Food Truths from Farm to Table will give you reasonable answers to your biggest food questions."
"An engaging defense of modern agricultural production practices."
"This is an important topic whether you are an academic, dietitian, or consumer. Michele Payn's 25 food truths are grounded in science and she offers an unheard voice in the debate around food, nutrition, and health. If you want to give yourself permission to be smart about food, read Food Truths from Farm to Table today."
"As a dietitian for grocery store chain, I know this book will not only help answer questions our customers have about the food they see on our shelves but also be a valuable resource to other supermarket dietitians throughout the country. Michele Payn gives practical insight to address myths around food, nutrition, and health. Read Food Truths from Farm to Table if you want to bring clarity to your food experience, based on science and real-life experience."
"Smart grocery shopping and healthy eating shouldn't require a science degree. Food Truths from Farm to Table guides you through the grocery store and saves you time. If you're looking to shop and eat with less guilt, read this book. Michele's 25 food truths will give you the freedom to enjoy your food again."
"Buy, prepare, and serve healthy, affordable food with confidence after reading Food Truths from Farm to Table: 25 Surprising Ways to Shop & Eat without Guilt. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in food, nutrition, and health!"