E19 FCC: Michelle Miller - Pride in Farming: Busting Myths and Celebrating the Food We Produce

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Farming for Passive Income show where we strive to educate the agricultural community on how to create alternative income streams and diversification through commercial real estate private equity.

Today’s guest is Michelle Miller, better known as the Farm Babe, an internationally recognized speaker, published writer & columnist, and an online influencer as a full-time advocate for agriculture. She started her social media outreach over seven years ago as a way to better bridge the gap between farmers and consumers, making a name for herself as a dedicated “mythbuster” in food and farming. Farm Babe has hundreds of thousands of followers and an average social media reach of 4+ million monthly. She’s been featured in Forbes & has caught the attention of the Today Show, Inside Edition, CNN, People magazine, and more… a guest on Dr. Drew, has influenced corporations as powerful as Burger King, and has proudly spoken alongside some of the biggest names in food and farming today.

1:45 - Her Background

4:30: - How she started bridging the gap between Farmers and Consumers8:30 Ecosystem in Florida, where she is based

09:30 - “Farmers are one of the most sustainably minded folks out there. A hundred percent. Because they understand rotational crops. They understand that you must somehow regenerate resources if you deplete them.”

10:00 - Why Michelle started “Farm Babe”?

11:30 - Importance of Farmers

12:45 - What she deals with on a daily basis?

13:45 - Why be an advocate for your industry and start sharing your story?

16:06 - How did she overcome the mental hurdles when she started the Farm Babe business?

16:50 - Life advice about being on Social Media

20:30 - If a farmer who grows different crops understands the value of social media, how can they simplify and not overcomplicate their niche?

22:10 - “I would say to other farmers, think about what it is that is really passionate to you.”

24:40 - “The most successful people in the world are the ones that are out there sharing their successes.”

25:50 - What would Casey’s niche be?

29:45 - Myth busting (busting the myths about factory farms)30:40 Take home from Michelle about the Farmers

31:45 - “I want farmers to realize the power of their own voice”

34:25 - “It's the littlest things you can do on your farm that you don't think are that cool. That can be life-changing for somebody else. Don't ever forget about how cool it is to be a farmer”

Connect with Michelle:​​

Michelle Miller, the “Farm Babe

”Michelle@thefarmbabe.com / www.thefarmbabe.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/iowafarmbabe

Social: @thefarmbabe

 

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