Bio: • Associate Director, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, UW–Madison • Project Manager, Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems, UW –Madison • Researcher, Environmental Defense • Project Manager, World Wildlife Fund-US, Great Lakes Agricultural Pollution Prevention project • Watershed Planner, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection • Communications Manager, Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Program,Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Landscape Architecture / regional planning. B.S. 1983 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies –Sustainable development. M.S. 1993 Sustainability Institute-Vermont, Systems thinking and design, Donella Meadows Fellow, 2003-2004 University of Wisconsin – Madison, Fluno Center for Executive Education, Project management certificate, 2007.
Key Publications: • Bittner, Jason, Lindsey Day-Farnsworth, Michelle Miller, Rosa Kuzub and Bob Golnik. Maximizing Freight Movements in Local Food Markets. UW-Madison, Center for Freight & Infrastructure Research & Education (CFIRE) publication. September 2011 http://www.wistrans.org/cfire/documents/CFIRE_04-23_Final_Report.pdf • Miller, Michelle.“Birthing terroir in the land of sky blue waters” in Place-based Foods at Risk in the Great Lakes, published by Slow Food USA, Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT)http://www.raftalliance.org 2009 • Day-Farrnsworth, Lindsey and Brent McCown, Michelle Miller and Anne Pfeiffer. Scaling Up: Meeting the Demand for Local Food. UW-CIAS publication. December 2009 http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.01/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5091489 • DiPietro, Lisa and Michelle Miller. Extending Expertise Through Conference Calls and Blogging. Journal of Extension (JoE). December 2009 http://www.joe.org/joe/2009december/tt6.php • Hirsch, Regina and Michelle Miller. Progressive planning to address multiple resource concerns: Integrated pest management in Wisconsin orchards. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Volume 63, Number 2. 2008 http://www.cias.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/progplanning.pdf • Miller, Michelle, Richard Liroff, Polly Hoppin. Reducing Reliance on Pesticides in Great Lakes Basin Agriculture. World Wildlife Fund. 113 pp. 1995 • Miller, Michelle. The Difficulties and Promise of an Interagency Public Information Campaign for Water Quality. Water Science and Technology. 28(35): 65-68 1992 http://www.iwaponline.com/wst/02803/wst028030065.htm