Interactive Programs for Nutrition Professionals

Lighting Your Fork on Fire: Powered by Your Passion Keynote

Find out if you’re a groundbreaker, grandstander or sitting in the stands when it comes to igniting a movement around today’s nutrition. MPK will tap into and leverage the passion of Registered Dietitians in this high energy, motivational keynote designed to help RDs forge stronger connections with your clients.

Growing a Food Movement: Empowerment through Engagement Workshop

How can you multiply your impact from one-on-one to reaching hundreds? This interactive training will give you 6.5 steps to building a equipping, engaging and empowering a community around. Michele will help you find stronger voice for a true food movement – one that is based on expertise, science and good sense.

Knowing the Source: From Gate to Plate Workshop

Making food and health recommendations can be tough if you don’t have firsthand farm experience. Don’t fall prey to the rampant misinformation about food production today. Michele will help you understand the food journey through connecting with others across agriculture.

Farming Your Social Community Training

Conversations about food, how it’s raised and nutrition are happening in social networks. MPK offers social media training that’s known for filling brains with real-life examples and practical tips.

Expert Food, Farm & Science Information

Is it real science?

How do you decipher shoddy science?  This page has a variety of resources for you to check if the information you’re getting is junk or not.

Dietitian & Nutrition Professional Blogs

Food information from credentialed experts, not celebrities! List of registered dietitian, professional nutrition and food science blogs. Contact MPK to request to request to add yours.

Farm & Ranch Blogs

Looking for information about where you food is grown and the families on today’s farms?  Take a look at these blogs by farmers and ranchers from across North America and the world. U.S. blogs are categorized by region, then sorted into states.

Agvocate Blog List

Perspective from those working and living in agriculture about the business of raising food, fuel, feed and fiber.

Ag, Food & Social Media

MPK’s favorite tips and references for the social conversation about food.

Food & Nutrition Blog Posts from Gate to Plate

~guest post by MRS

As a rule, I don’t make resolutions, mostly because I’m terrible at keeping them. Like a lot of people, I think about things I need to change, activity levels, eating healthier, keeping our house cleaner, etc. Then I try really hard to accomplish these things for a few weeks, but before I know it I’ve missed a few days. Then a few weeks pass and I’ve slid back into the old habits. Our house is cluttered, I’m spending too much time on our couch and I’m thinking, “What diet?” Read More »

A reminder of what really matters...

What’s the greatest gift you’ve ever received? If you’re like me, you enjoy finding and giving gifts – especially if it’s something special for the recipient. My husband thinks I’m a bit overboard with shopping and making gifts, especially for our little darling, but I find the resulting glee to be incredibly satisfying. Contrast that with hubby’s typical response of “Thanks, this is nice.” said in a perfect monotone with the all the excitement of a stone – no matter if it’s a requested tool or a pack of gum. Who knows, that might change this Christmas (or he’ll at least fake it since I’ve publicly thrown him under the bus)? More on that later. Read More »

~guest post by MRS

As I was sitting down to eat Thanksgiving dinner with my family last week, I started thinking. Not about the amazing food I was about to eat (although the food was amazing), but about the 1 in 6 people in our country who regularly don’t get enough to eat.

It’s easy to stand on our soapboxes and talk about the ineffectiveness of entitlement programs, i.e. food stamps or how people just need to get a job to feed their family. It’s also easy to get caught up in the arguments about food and farming. We should all eat only local, organic foods or conventionally grown food is fine or that all GMO foods need to be labeled as such. And while I understand that these are things that people are passionate about, sometimes I wonder if we’re focusing on these “secondary” issues a little too much. Read More »

As Americans gather for Thanksgiving, I’d guess very few talk about the economic contributions behind their food table. If there’s any such discussion, it’s likely how the average cost of this holiday meal has risen more than $5 this year.  However, what’s just as important is the cornerstone that agriculture provides for our economy. While only 1.5% of our population farms, the agrifood system in total is nearly 20% of the economy.  Agriculture and supporting systems have been one of the few economic bright spots in the last couple of years with employment being consistently available, though few recognize it as a cornerstone. Read More »

One of my favorite classes at Michigan State was Food Systems Management. The content left an imprint on me; we studied charts representing all the different parts of the food system. I found it mind boggling to see the many entities that milk went through to get from my cow to a person’s glass; the farmer is the first step in caring for an animal and producing the milk in a safe environment. However, there’s also a milk truck drive who picks up the milk and follows strict procedure, a milk inspector ensuring state regulations are followed and the people who test the milk when it gets to the plant. Then there are hands involved in the pastuerizing, processing, chemical analysis, quality control, distributing and retailing of that milk – all of which play an important role. Read More »