What’s inside Food Truths? A look at the table of contents

Thank you for helping to grow the movement to bring truth to the plate. Food Truths from Farm to Table: 25 Surprising Ways to Shop and Eat Without Guilt was named a #1 best seller on Amazon on May 31!

We’ve had a lot of inquiries about what is included in this book, so here’s the table of contents and graphic of the 25 food truths embedded throughout the book. Yes, there really are 45 chapters, but they are approachable and filled with real-life stories, backed by 119 citations. If you don’t have your copy yet, you can order on Amazon, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and other fine bookstores.

[image error]Introduction: Truth in Food

1. Take Guilt Off Your Food List

Section 2.  Dairy ~ Milk was once considered the standby beverage of choice to grow healthy kids. Now questions abound about whether milk is making our kids fat, causing breast development by first grade or adding antibiotics to our diet.

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?

Section 2.  Eggs ~ How many choices can fit in one small space? 36 different types of egg label claims in a less than 10-foot area points out the overwhelm of eggs; this chapter will help guide you to finding the right egg for your family.

7. Animal Care, in Context

8. Pecking Order Isn’t Pretty

9. Eggstravaganza or Overwhelmed?

10. Farmers Buy Food, Too

Section 3.  Fruits ~ We love our bananas for breakfast, strawberries in December and then demand locally grown fruit. A realistic look at food miles, food safety, worms in fruits, and our demands for the utopia of perfect fruit – chemical free.

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. Did You Know Organic Produce Requires Pesticides?

16. Water and Family: The Lifeblood of Growing Food

Section 4.  Vegetables ~ Billions of genes in carrots and seemingly nearly as many chemicals used. ‘Larry the Cucumber’ didn’t tell me he could be grown in water or fed fish waste. What’s happening with vegetable production, where it’s coming from and what any mom needs to know about vegetable power.

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

Section 5.  Meats ~ Pretty red barns, cute animals that talk and farmers in overalls make for a good book and movie, as long as you realize they’re fiction. An inside look from farmers at how animals are raised, why many farms are larger and a comparison of different types of animal agriculture to help you feel good about the protein your family gets from the meat case.

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?

Section 6.  Bread and Baking Aisle ~ The amber waves of grain have turned into an ambiguous guilt trip. How do you know if gluten is good, why sugar has been demonized and battle baking overwhelm if you’re not Betty Crocker? This chapter will help you unraveling the mystery of bread and baked goods.

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?

Section 7.  Cereal Aisle ~ Cheerios suddenly became a marketing ploy, the toys are gone, the front of cereal boxes are billboards for marketing claims and the products we once considered wholesome are now demonized.

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?

Section 8.  Snacks and Convenience Foods~ It seems there are more kinds of fats today than there were choices in crackers 20 years ago. Take a look at the issues in the “salty aisle”, including label claims, the advent of GMO and convenience packaging.

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?

Section 9. Deli and Foodservice ~ Harried schedules and less interest in cooking have made the deli one of the fastest growing grocery trends. The deli has grown beyond fried chicken and cupcakes. Is deli fresher, better for you, or simply higher priced?

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. Check Out with Truth, Not Fear or Guilt

More than 50 expert contributors (watch them on video here) bring real-life stories to Food Truths from Farm to Table. It has been peer-reviewed through the accreditation for continuing educations as a balanced book. But more than anything, the book is about the truth from people with firsthand perspective on food. Who needs the truth in food in your life?