Amy Myrdal Miller

Founder and President

Amy Myrdal Miller, MS, RDN, FAND, is a passionate advocate for farmers, flavor, and fun!

Amy is an award-winning dietitian, farmer's daughter, public speaker, author, and president of Farmer's Daughter Consulting, an agriculture, food, and culinary communications firm founded in 2014. During her 30-year career, she has worked for Fleishman Hillard, the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Dole Food Company, the California Walnut Board & Commission, and the Culinary Institute of America.

Amy grew up on a family farm in North Dakota where, as the youngest of five kids, she listened intently as her older siblings and parents discussed how weather patterns and markets impacted the family’s financial outlook. Practical matters of moving cattle to different pastures, haying when the weather was perfect, harvesting wheat prior to late summer rainstorms, and ensuring farm operating loans were paid on time were common topics of conversation. Amy appreciated that hard work, discipline, and commitment made the business of farming successful for her parents. 

Amy founded Farmer’s Daughter Consulting in 2014 to honor her heritage and to provide a voice for the men and women who grow and produce food for the rest of us. She has proudly worked with diverse portfolio of clients across the global food system, including seed companies, grower cooperatives, commodity boards, national brands, campus dining operations, and chain restaurants.

Clients have included Bayer Crop Science, Buy California Marketing Agreement/CA GROWN®, California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, California Milk Advisory Board, California Olive Oil Council, California Prune Board, California Strawberry Commission, California Walnut Board & Commission, Culinary Institute of America, Dairy Alliance, Dairy Council of California, Dairy MAX, Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan, HZPC Americas Corp./Potato Glory®, McDonald’s USA, Monsanto, Mushroom Council, National Dairy Council, Naturipe Farms, Northarvest Bean Growers Association, Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service, Potatoes USA, Produce for Better Health Foundation, Sunkist Growers, USA Pulses, Washington Red Raspberry Commission, the Walt Disney Corporation, and Western United Dairies.

From 2015-2024 Amy wrote a monthly “Produce on the Menu” column for Produce Business magazine. She has authored more than 10 peer-reviewed articles, edited and contributed to textbooks, and written multiple cookbooks, including the award-winning fourth edition of  Cooking à la Heart: 500 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Help Make Every Meal Heart Healthy, © 2023 Linda Hachfeld and Amy Myrdal Miller, published by The Experiment. Cooking à la Heart is about the joyful, mindful pursuit of great food, enjoyed with people you love in settings that relax and inspire you to do more good things for your health. She is working on her next cookbook, which will be released in early 2027.

Scott Miller

Vice President of Business Development Director of Creative Services

Scott Miller is a professional photographer, licensed real estate agent, and experienced sales and management professional. His work for Farmer's Daughter Consulting focuses on finding new opportunities for Amy Myrdal Miller to share her expertise with food system clients. He also consults on all projects that require creative services, such as photography projects and PowerPoint presentation design and development for Amy's public speaking engagements. His professional food photography credits with Farmer's Daughter Consulting include works for hire for Sunkist Growers, The Culinary Institute of America, Produce Business, and Northarvest Bean Growers Association.

Scott has spent more than 20 years working in sales and management, including 15 years with Ritz and Wolf Camera where he rose from the ranks of a store associate in New Orleans to a district manager in Northern California. Today he works for California Hearing Aid Center as a hearing aid dispenser.

Prior to working in hearing aid sales and service, Scott worked for Clear Channel Media & Entertainment (CCME) as a sales associate, representing radio advertising clients in a variety of sectors, including food and agriculture. During his first year with Clear Channel, he received the "Rookie Salesperson of the Year" award for his aggressive and attentive sales performance.

Scott received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Tulane University in New Orleans. He is a 2011 graduate of the Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy (SEA), a non-profit organization that provides business training for undergraduate and graduate students as well as working professionals who want to start their own businesses or expand their business skills and knowledge.

Jenny Heap

Nutrition Marketing & Communication Director

Jenny Heap, MS, RDN, is a registered dietitian, writer, speaker, and passionate advocate for farmers and growers.

Jenny translates the science of nutrition and stories from the farm into practical inspiration for everyday kitchens. Her obsession with fresh produce was sparked many years ago when she attended an apple tasting event at Thomas Jefferson’s historic Monticello. Now a self-proclaimed “varietal connoisseur,” she is a champion of all things fresh and flavorful.

Jenny’s professional career began with an internship with the International Food Information Council (IFIC). She then served as Director of Scientific Communications at the Egg Nutrition Center and later oversaw global health and nutrition communication for the Almond Board of California.

More recently, she has supported health-focused commodity clients with marketing communications, health professional engagement, and insights work, first with Eat Well Global, a boutique PR firm, and now as an independent contractor collaborating with clients like Farmer’s Daughter Consulting.

Fueled by human connection, Jenny has a strong affinity for relationship building, both qualitative and quantitative audience insights work, and external engagement. She has developed a niche passion for produce innovation and loves to fuel her inner nerd by attending global produce conferences like Fruit Logistica and Fruit Attraction.

Violet Grey

Marketing Intern

Violet Grey loves her role as a marketing intern with Farmer’s Daughter Consulting where she works on various digital marketing and public relations projects for our clients. Violet joined the team in March 2020. If you want a high energy player on your team, Violet is the purr-fect partner! Violet possess valuable experience with various virtual meeting and networking tools, including Zoom. If you need help getting connected in this digital world, Violet will jump at the opportunity to assist.

Violet is purr-suing an undergraduate degree in agribusiness economics at the University of California, Davis. She attended high school in Los Gatos, California, where she received numerous awards in cross country running. When she completes her undergraduate degree, Violet plans to pursue her MS/MBA in agriculture at UC Davis with a focus on the production, economics, and marketing of catnip. In her spare time, she enjoys running, running, running, and playing soccer with friends.

Schroeder Miller

Sustainable Agriculture Intern

Schroeder Miller joined Farmer’s Daughter Consulting in March 2020 as a sustainable agriculture intern. While he is most interested in studying aquaculture, particularly sustainable tuna harvest, he is currently helping with projects related to sustainable intensification of agriculture in North America. He’s eager to share his purr-spectives with Farmer’s Daughter Consulting clients.

Schroeder is an undergraduate student at UC Davis working on a degree in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. He hopes to apply his classroom studies to work for Farmer’s Daughter Consulting clients, particularly those that want an intern who loves to wrestle with tough issues. He’s willing to bat around ideas for hours on end, chasing after answers to complex questions.

Schroeder is a very easygoing young man who attended high school in Grass Valley, California. He readily admits he approves of the California law making cattabis legal for recreational use in our great state. (PLEASE NOTE: While we do not allow interns or employees to use cattabis during business hours, we can’t control how much or how often Schroeder enjoys it during his time outside the office.)