Michelle Miller
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 ...
View from the farm: Why there is no advantage in saving seeds
A common criticism of GMOs is that corporations force farmers to buy new seeds every year. But do farmers actually ...
Viewpoint: Dannon’s transition to non-GMO has hurt image as sales decline
[Editor’s note: Michelle Miller is the Farm Babe, is an Iowa-based farmer, public speaker and writer, who lives and works ...
GMOs protect bees by reducing use of more toxic pesticides
[Editor’s note: Michelle Miller is the Farm Babe, an Iowa-based farmer, public speaker and writer, who lives and works with ...
Viewpoint: Organic industry misleads consumers with fear, unethical sales tactics
[Editor’s note: Michelle Miller, the "Farm Babe", is an Iowa-based farmer, public speaker and writer.] While acting like the “little guy” ...
Infographic: Understanding ‘hazard vs risk’ illustrates lack of science behind IARC’s glyphosate cancer designation
Lately in the news of agriculture there has been a lot of controversy over the popular herbicide glyphosate being labeled ...
How GMOs help farmers achieve more sustainable ‘conservation agriculture’
[Editor's note: Michelle Miller, the Farm Babe, is an Iowa-based farmer, public speaker and writer, who grows row crops, and raises ...
Bette Midler criticizes Monsanto’s seed patent contracts—and gets schooled by farmers
Bette Midler attempted to "educate" her Twitter followers about the contracts farmers sign with Monsanto, prohibiting saving and replanting of ...
Mary-Dell Chilton: 78-year-old ‘mother of genetic modification’ still innovating
[Mary-Dell] Chilton...led a collaborative research study at Washington University in St. Louis, and although GMO tobacco was never commercialized, it ...
Do real farmers think of Monsanto as ‘the oppressor’?
[Editor's note: Michelle Miller, known on social media as the Farm Babe, is an Iowa-based farmer, public speaker and writer ...
‘Follow the money’: Why the organic industry funds anti-GMO campaigns
Everything we eat has had their genes modified by humans at some point in history, and nothing we eat exists ...
Farmer’s view: Celebrities embrace organic cotton over GMOs, but is it more sustainable?
Emma Watson wants people to buy the latest fashions made with organic cotton. Would that be more sustainable than clothes ...
Herbicide glyphosate now labeled ‘carcinogenic’ under CA’s Prop 65—Law that some say ‘only benefits lawyers’
The state of California can now require Roundup to have a label on it stating that it is a possible ...
Iowa farmer: 8 popular food companies that promote myths about GMOs
[Editor’s note: Michelle Miller, known on social media as the Farm Babe, raises lamb and beef cattle, and grows almost ...
Pediatrician debunks claims that GMOs and chemicals used with them are bad for the environment
[Editor’s note: Emiliano Tatar is a pediatrician at the Einstein Healthcare Network Roxborough Plaza. The following is an interview with ...
