A 'Farm Babe' fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers


Michelle Miller, a social media based influencer known as The Farm Babe, poses at Walker Farms in North Fort Myers, Florida, U.S., July 9, 2025. REUTERS/Jerry Beard

(Reuters) -Michelle Miller stands in a field of corn, stalks stretching above her perfectly styled hair, holding a tiny microphone and addressing an audience online.

She was farming genetically-modified corn in Iowa in 2017, she says, when a tornado hit. Now a social media influencer who goes by the name the "Farm Babe," Miller says the wind knocked her corn flat on the ground. But in a feat of botanical fortitude, the plantsbounced back.

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