Daphne Miller > Quotes

“We are a mediating influence between terra firma and the cosmos, born to receive and diffuse aromatic molecules.”
― Daphne Miller, Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up – A Physician's Exploration of Sustainable Farming and the Farm-to-Body Science of Wellness

“After hearing about the Caracas experiment, the benefits of exposure to animals and farm dirt, and the protective qualities in raw milk, it became clear to me that Cody’s assertions had some good scientific backing. Each of these factors played a role in raising resilient animals (and humans). Interestingly, the dirt, the worms, and the farm milk all worked in a similar way: In rare instances they caused illness, but more often they protected against diseases by boosting the host’s innate immunity and dampening the host’s inflammatory response to allergens and other foreign substances.”
― Daphne Miller, Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up – A Physician's Exploration of Sustainable Farming and the Farm-to-Body Science of Wellness

“professions of farming and medicine grew out of a shared goal: to sustain individuals and communities by supporting the workings of nature and intervening—oh so judiciously—in the cycle of birth, growth, death, and decay.”
― Miller M.D., Daphne, Farmacology: Total Health from the Ground Up – A Physician's Exploration of Sustainable Farming and the Farm-to-Body Science of Wellness