Michelle Miller
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Viewpoint: ‘Celebrate pesticides!’ Why farmers should defend technology that produces our abundant food supply
Social media is really one of the best ways to reach people nowadays. As much as we might hate to ...
Social media misled you about pesticides. A farmer explains what they are and how they protect our food
It seems that too many people don’t realize that herbicides are considered a type of pesticide. All herbicides are pesticides, ...
Iowa farmer: I was duped by misleading ‘organic’ food labels. Learn from my mistakes
Years ago, I watched a “documentary” about the American food supply. While I’m not going to tell you the U.S ...
Viewpoint: Avoid these 6 bogus labels at the grocery store to save money
Are you paying more for certain food labels? Who can blame you! With the rise of labels and wanting to ...
Podcast: Farm Aid concert meant to support US agriculture spreads GMO, ‘factory farming’ myths
In recent years, Farm Aid's laudable effort to support US agriculture has morphed into a promotional event for organic food ...
Viewpoint: Many organic farmers aren’t anti-GMO, and they’re tired of ‘meaningless’ food labels
[In February], I attended the MOSES Organic Farming Conference, the largest such gathering in the U.S., with thousands of people in ...
Viewpoint: Farmers offer to teach popular organic activist ‘Food Babe’ about GMOs—so she bans them on social media
In the four and a half years I’ve been blogging and doing social media as a career, I have banned ...
Is the anti-GMO movement following PETA’s animal rights activist playbook?
From drenching fields in chemicals to factory farming, there is so much misinformation out there about what happens on today’s ...
This farmer says more food producers should stand up for agriculture—here’s 5 reasons why
....An advocate for agriculture, sometimes referred to as an AGvocate, can be anyone who works to tell the inclusive story ...
Video: What are GMO crops—and are they natural? Pioneering plant scientist Mary-Dell Chilton explains
I write about GMOs on a somewhat regular basis, but sometimes it’s a topic worth revisiting on a very basic ...
Will fear-based product labels fade in 2019? 5 food and farming predictions for the new year
Welcome, 2019! [In 2018 we] experienced newer diet trends where Keto and Whole30 reigned as some of the most popular ...
GMO ‘frankenwheat’ for breakfast? A closer look at popular but misleading food memes
Ever play a game of telephone when you were a kid? You start with a message, whisper it in someone’s ...
Why this farmer and mother changed her mind about the dangers of GMOs
As a 4-H kid with Hollywood dreams, my younger self would be SHOCKED to see me now, back on a ...
How to change the minds of GMO skeptics
Critical thinking is something I’ve prided myself on and something I discuss frequently when giving public speeches. Unfortunately, this can sometimes ...
Why organic apple farmers spray their trees with insecticides 32 times on average during each growing season
A lot of people buy organic foods because they believe organic means free from chemicals and pesticides. But the truth ...
Why does America grow 90 million acres of corn every year?
The U.S. is the No. 1 producer of corn in the world. Planted on over 90 million acres, it is ...
Myth busted: Only ‘Big Ag’ develops GMO crops
Farmers in other parts of the world — particularly in third world countries — are experiencing REAL problems that the ...
How is your food grown? A trip to the farmer’s market might teach you
Wouldn’t that be great if we had an abundance of different types of food at our fingertips? Unfortunately .... The ...
Viewpoint: Want to slash pesticide use? Stop trying to ban GMOs
On Aug. 20, I gave a speech in Dublin, Ireland, at the International Association for Plant Biotechnology Congress .... where ...
Farmers say Laura Prepon and other anti-GMO celebrities make their jobs harder
I really wish there were more celebrities out there who embraced the biotechnology and the benefits behind modern agriculture. ...
How anti-GMO groups copy advocacy ‘tactics’ from the anti-meat movement
The money trail behind [organic] food companies and activist groups is shocking, and there are similarities between the anti-GMO movement and the ...
Viewpoint: Farmers turn to social media to educate public about exaggerated benefits of organic and non-GMO labeled foods
Years ago, before I fell in love with a farmer and became one myself, I was a big-city girl who ...
‘Factory farms wreck the environment’ and other myths farmers are tired of hearing
Here are [some] of the biggest myths spread on social media and in the mainstream media, and some stuff we ...
Blundering through the food label controversy: How one poultry company exploits consumer fears over ‘natural’ and GMOs
I live in a super tiny town, about 1,000 people with no stoplight in the whole county...Therefore, it may sound ...
Viewpoint: 8 things Vandana Shiva needs to know about US farmers and GMOs
In mid-April, famous anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva was paid nearly $20K by my hometown university to speak on campus. While I can appreciate her ...
Viewpoint: Why are universities paying ‘anti-GMO liar’ Vandana Shiva tens of thousands of dollars to speak?
Vandana Shiva is coming to my hometown to lie. Not cool. For those unaware, Shiva is one of the world’s ...
Viewpoint: Why the ‘right to know’ argument for GMO labeling is nonsense
The USDA is set to review GMO labeling again. Apparently, the idea is to put QR codes on foods that contain genetically ...
Talking Biotech: ‘Farm Babe’ Michelle Miller takes on critics of GMOs, modern farming
Writer Michelle Miller: The 'Food Babe' is critical of those who marginalize farmers and farming, and a powerful voice for ...
