From farm to fork and far beyond, what we eat matters.
All Food Things Considered
Founder and author P.K. Newby, ScD, MPH, MS, shares her philosophy on food, health, and sustainability through books, television, and speaking highlights in this short sizzle reel (featuring a cameo by Chewbacca).
Video Highlights: Plant-Based Power
SXSW
In this interactive session at SXSW, Dr. Newby presents the scientific evidence showing the incredible power of plants—especially vegetables and fruit—to promote health, longevity, and sustainability (Austin, Texas; March 2019).
NBC 10 / Telemundo
In this prime-time NBC 10/Telemundo special on food and climate change, meteorologist Michael Page interviews Dr. Newby on how meat impacts the environment compared to plant-based products like Beyond Meat (Boston, MA; March 2019).
Museum of Science
The Future of Food: The Final Frontier
In this family-friendly, sci-fi food festival at the Boston Museum of Science, scientist and Trekkie Dr. P.K. Newby shares the stage with everyone's favorite Wookiee, Chewbacca (!). (She loves Star Wars, too.) This is a snippet; link to the full video here. (Boston, MA; May 2019).
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Oxford University Press · 2025
In Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know ® (Oxford University Press, 2025), Harvard- and Columbia-trained scientist and gastronome Dr. P.K. Newby applies a multidisciplinary lens and nutritional ecology paradigm to shine a spotlight on today’s urgent food challenges, from farm to fork and far beyond, while sharing the keys to creating healthy and sustainable diets for ourselves and the planet we share.
The second, completely updated edition introduces new lexicon to describe our current food polycrisis--that is, agshittification--and reveals striking new data on plant-based diets, longevity, and sustainability; food, mood, and mental health; diet, COVID-19, and immunity; megafactory farming and climate change; and ultra-processed foods and chronic disease.
The food revolution is now. Ready to pick up your fork?
Evidence-based answers to 150+ FAQ on all things food and nutrition, from farm to fork and far beyond.
Superfoods: Eat Your Way to Health and Longevity, Second Edition (National Geographic, 2025). This title is no longer available for purchase.
Food and Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know® (Oxford University Press, 2018).
Superfoods: Eat Your Way to Health and Longevity (National Geographic, 2016). This title is no longer available for purchase.
Foods for Health: Choose and Use the Very Best Foods for Your Family and Our Planet (National Geographic, 2015).
Free E-Cookbooks
Learn about my "Healthy Hedonism" philosophy with tasty recipes from my kitchen to yours. It's the first free e-cookbook in the series to help raise money for those who hunger while helping you eat better, too. (P.K. Newby, 2020)
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Thanksgiving is a time for food and family, only this year without the family. Check out some of my holiday faves in this second e-cookbook in my "Healthy Hedonism" series to help those who hunger while helping you eat better, too. (P.K. Newby, 2021)
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The holiday season is a time for food and family, yet the year marches on while quarantine continues. Here, a few of my Christmas favorites in this third e-cookbook in my "Healthy Hedonism" series to help those who hunger while helping you eat better, too. (P.K. Newby, 2021)
DownloadPlant-Based Meat: What the Nutrition and Environmental Science Shows
Genetic Literacy Project, 1/27/20
Confused about what to eat? Science can help.
The Conversation, 7/5/19
So long, veganuary: here's how to consume consciously year round.
New Scientist, 1/30/19
The Wallet Hub, 11/18/16
When a Healthy Diet Meets a Planet in Peril
Reviewed, 09/15/15
Prescribing Good Food for Better Health
Food Tank, 03/10/15
Gawker, 2/21/13
The Future of Food: How Science, Technology, and Consumerism Shape What We Eat
Harvard Vision, 2003
Food Evolution: The Final Frontier
Seeds & Chips, Milan, Italy, 5/8/19
Museum of Science, Boston MA, 5/4/19
Produce Matters: Why Eating More Plants is Key to Health
SXSW, Austin TX, 3/8/19
Is the Future of Food Soylent Green?
National Science on Screen Foundation, Boston MA, 10/8/15
Nutrition Science and Communication in the 21st Century
Food+ Symposium, Harvard University, 02/3/15
Boston Local Food Festival, 10/14/2014
Cooking Plant-Based Cuisine
ABC | The Taste, 2014-15
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Cameo, (Just for fun.) 1/10/19
Diet and Climate Change: Plant-Based Meat
NBC and Telemundo, 2019 (excerpt)
Why is Nutrition So Confusing?
KATU Afternoon Live, 1/9/19
The Benefits of Plant-Based Diets
KATU Morning Show, 08/07/19
Talking Food, Nutrition, and Sustainability
News Center Maine, 1/28/19
KATU Afternoon Live, 08/07/19
Food & Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know
KATU Morning Show, 1/9/19
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Founder and CEO Dr. P.K. Newby is a Harvard- and Columbia-trained nutrition scientist and author of Food & Nutrition: What Everyone Needs to Know. She writes Food Truth, Unfiltered, a free newsletter on Substack.
