Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN, FAND, is an award-winning dietitian, farmer’s daughter, public speaker, author, and president of Farmer’s Daughter® Consulting, Inc., an agriculture, food, and culinary communications firm. Today, she works with a variety of clients across the food system, including seed companies, commodity boards, national brands, non-profit foundations, food start-ups, colleges, and restaurants.

Amy writes a monthly column on foodservice and flavor trends for Produce Business magazine, and she has authored or co-authored ten papers in peer-reviewed journals. Over the past 15 years Amy has presented at more than 200 state, national, and international conferences, including giving the Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Lecture at FNCE in 2015 and presenting at the world-renowned Aspen Ideas Festival in 2017.

A farmer’s daughter from North Dakota, today Amy and her husband, Scott, live in Carmichael, California.

Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN, FAND, has the following relevant disclosures to report: she is a consultant for American Egg Board/Egg Nutrition Center, Bayer Crop Science, Dole Packaged Foods, LLC, Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc., Hinoman USA, HZPC Americas Corp., National Dairy Council, National Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging, Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service, Produce for Better Health Foundation, and The Culinary Institute of America. She is has received honoraria from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Beef Checkoff, California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Dairy Council of California, North American Meat Institute, Phoenix Media Network/Produce Business Magazine, Potatoes USA, and the University of California Davis Honey and Pollination Center. She is a member of the L.E.A.D. Network, Bayer Vegetable Seeds Horticultural Advisory Council, and Texas A&M AgriLife. She certifies that no conflict of interest exists for this program. View our disclosure policy.

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