Additional background information
Contact Michele Payn at 765-427-4426
2018 IPPY Bronze Medal in Medicine/Health/Nutrition: Selected as a winner from among 5,500 books entered in the Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY), the world's largest book contest.
News Release: Guidebook Informs Grocery Shoppers’ Food Choices, Checks Guilt off the List
Learn more about Food Truths from Farm to Table: 25 Surprising Ways to Shop & Eat Without Guilt
Endorsements of Food Truths from food, health, and agricultural experts
Amazon page: Named #1 Best Seller and Hot New Release
Praeger publisher flyer: Download and share
Preview booklet, including Table of Contents & list of 25 Food Truths
Author biography: Michele Payn is an author and media resource who speaks from the intersection of farm and food to bring clarity and common sense to the grocery store. Known as one of North America’s leading advocates, Payn is passionate about getting back to the truth in food raised the right way, by the right people, for the right reasons. She is an in-demand media resource whose work has appeared in USA Today, Food Insight, Food & Nutrition Magazine, Grist, and others as well as on NPR and CNN. As a Certified Speaking Professional, she has addressed hundreds of groups, such as Dietetic Associations, Universities, Genome Prairie, Michigan Vegetable Growers, Farm Credit Council, Apple Processors Association and Farm Bureaus, helping thousands of people around the world translate farm to food. Payn is also the author of No More Food Fights! Growing a Productive Farm & Food Conversation.
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Michele's live video interviews with food & farm experts
- Registered Dietitian & Culinary Dietitian Kim Galeaz talks about overcoming food confusion and guilt in the grocery
- Montana rancher Dusty Hahn on caring for cattle, why antibiotics help animals and raising a healthy steak
- Indiana farmer Paul Hodgen explains planting, soil care, and the importance of science in environmental care
- Minnesota pork and organic grain farmer Carolyn Olson on the "right" way to farm - and farmers working together
- Veterinarian Leah Dorman discusses antibiotics, animal welfare and food safety
- Registered Dietitian Janet Helm highlights how to evaluate nutrition and food fad claims
- Family business expert Jolene Brown on farm legacy, the business of farming and sustainability concerns
- Idaho wheat grower Joseph Anderson discusses gluten, chemicals and other wheat myths
- Iowa farm family Justin & Jennifer Dammann discuss how they make choices, raising corn for tortillas and sustainability.
- Wisconsin farmer Kevin Hoyer talks about soil practices, water quality and GMO soybeans
- Iowa farmer Beth Baudler shares how connecting with farm & food is a hit with kids and community
- Nebraska farmer Ryan Weeks shares why his family farms both organically & conventionally
- Scientist Dr. Kevin Folta talks genetics in produce, GMOs & food safety
- Minnesota hog farmer Wanda Patsche discusses animal welfare
- Registered Dietitian Cara Harbstreet connects dietitians & farmers
- Oregon grass seed farmer Marie Bowers on growing grass seed, soil care and cover crops
- Meat scientist Jennie Hodgen talks food safety & labels in the meat case
- Illinois farmer Matt Boucher discusses drones & environmental farming
- Oregon women farmers group discussion on agriculture, west coast issues & how ladies farm
- Indiana farmer Brian Scott highlights intellectual property in the field
- Oregon hazelnut & grape grower Anna Scharf discusses her farm
- Michigan apple grower Jeff VanderWerff explains why chemicals are used
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