The Farmer's Daughter USA

Hi, I'm Amanda! My family farms corn and soybeans in Southwest Michigan. I'm also a practicing attorney.

And the Winner Is…

If you recall last week, I ran a poll about General Mills "flip flop" (or, "we're changing our position, but we never really had that position, so really we're still the same, but now we have a label...maybe) on GMOs.You'll remember that General Mills recently modified the original Cheerios recipe … [Read more...]

The Formation of “Food Tribes”

Good read.Avoiding gluten? Going for Meatless Mondays? Only organic? No artificial food dyes?According to Randy Sun over at The Vancouver Sun, you may just be adhering to the latest "food tribes." The theory suggests that people decide to eliminate some specific from their diet, not because science … [Read more...]

Study: Organic Purposely Uses Deceptive Marketing to Sell Fear

Not so long ago, I reported on a study that showed organic purchasers really believed that the organic food they were purchasing was somehow better than other conventional choices. They called it the "Organic Label Health Halo."It turns out that the organic halo was knowingly designed and … [Read more...]

Farming Fridays!

Ready, Set...Plant?No one in our area is planting yet. No one. According to the USDA, that's not out of the ordinary for the rest of the country either. On Tuesday of this week, the UDSA reported that only 6% of the country's corn crop had been planted so far; normally 14% of corn seeds are in … [Read more...]