Kevin Folta
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False balance between public scientists and non-expert activists on orange crisis and GMOs
I'm so grateful to any author that takes the time to write about citrus greening disease and its potential solutions ...
Vandana Shiva teaches how not to communicate science
We can learn a lot about people from not just what they say, but how they choose to say it. ...
GMO DEBATE RECAP: Battle over Biotechnology—Public backs GM research and farming
I was really excited to watch the Intelligence Squared debate. I've been looking forward to it for seemingly ages. Bottom ...
Anti-GMO Activism and Its Impact on Food Security
Activists have dismissed the opinions of the world’s leading scientists to undermine public trust in the benefits of GM crops ...
After Kevin Folta challenge, South Florida Science Center invites real scientist to GMO debate
The chair of the University of Florida Horticultural Studies Department publicly called out the South Florida Science Center for sponsoring ...
Keith Kloor’s Discover: Will Bill Nye agree to debate Kevin Folta on GMOs?
At Discover blogger Keith Kloor's invitation, University of Florida plant geneticist Kevin Folta wrote an open letter to Bill Nye ...
Kevin Folta takes on South Florida Science Centers’ promotion of anti-science GMO ‘nonsense’
Over the past few weeks, the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium of West Palm Beach has been eagerly promoting a Thursday, ...
GMO quiz: Which sugar is conventional, organic or ‘toxic’ GMO?
So which IS the right what? Find your match? ...
Vermont anti-crop biotech hypocrisy alert: Protestors (and legislators) favorite cheeses are no less GMOs than Iowa corn chips
Some food for thought courtesy of Kevin Folta ...
Cyanide Frankengrass kills cattle–Or not! Conventional breeding more unpredictable than GMOs
On Sunday there were dozens of reports, including on CBS, that GMO grass about "GMO" grass that killed cattle. It was ...
9 most asked questions about GMOs: University of Florida’s Kevin Folta answers
The Refinery 29 has collected the most asked questions about GMOs from their readers and asked University of Florida plant ...
China GMO-Leukemia link debunked: How anti-GMOers scaremonger, twisting facts, manipulate Internet
The anti-GMO believers have learned that the constant release of tenuous, unconfirmed, even fake, information is critical to their misinformation ...
University of Florida prof deconstructs article linking glyphosate and piglet deformities
This is likely one of the worst papers ever to be published. A new steamer from Monika Kruger's group in Germany ...
Anti-GMO activists petition Neil deGrasse Tyson to stop speaking scientifically about GMOs
I was grateful when Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson accidentally stepped in science's ripest dookie — anti-GMO pseudoscience. He's getting to experience first ...
NaturalNews’ Mike Adams echoes Stalinists in calling for violence against scientists
Recently, Mike Adams (the Natural News ‘Health Ranger’), a highly public figure in natural foods and magical thinking, made a less ...
Critical evaluation of Ecuadorian worker study suggesting glyphosate might cause extensive health problems
Recently a concerned mother reached out to me[Chair of the University of Florida Horticultural Sciences program Kevin Folta] about information on ...
Biotechnology cannot feed world alone, but as part of integrated plan
Food biotechnology advocates frequently claim that GMOs will feed the world. It is an outright oversimplification and detracts from the ...
Kevin Folta’s GMO primer: Genetic modification in crops is simply precision breeding
Eleven years ago when I began my career as a professor at the University of Florida, I would enjoy the sunny drives downstate from Gainesville ...
Biotech can strengthen vegetarianism but Veg Expo chooses anti-GMO agenda
Most people never knew I was not a meat eater. I enjoyed an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet for 16 years. I get the ...
Does a GMO label make scientific sense for sugar beets? Ag scientist says ‘no’
As a scientist, I cannot understand how anyone can think GMO labeling makes sense. To be fair, I have identified ...
In defense of Biology Fortified Inc
Biology Fortified Inc (BFI) is widely recognized as an independent, free-thinking, and accurate source of information on biotechnology. Over the last ...
If Seralini’s study is valid, he should be able to publish it in legit journal
The 2012 work by Seralini et al has long been retracted, and months later friends and admirers of Prof Seralini still ...
Is Round-up in the air a health danger? (Answer: No)
Last week the anti-biotech websites exploded with the news: “Roundup Weedkiller Found in 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov ...
Misplaced fears of identical diseases links anti-GMOers to anti-technology fringe groups
GMOs, vaccines, chemtrails, fluoride, all have remarkably similar suites of disease "side effects" according to anti-technology critics. The same scare ...
Video: In search of the mystery glyphosate pathogen with Kevin Folta
Dr. Kevin M. Folta, from the University of Florida, discusses the case of Dr. Don M. Huber, and takes down ...
Massive data do not support Don Huber’s GMO/glyphosate pathogen claims
Anti-GMO figure Don Huber, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology at Purdue University, has stirred quite a bit of controversy as ...
Univ of Florida’s Kevin Flota faces attacks from anti-GMO activists
Kevin Folta, a professor and researcher in the University of Florida’s horticulture program, is facing another round of attacks from ...
In GMO debate, ‘right to know’ is empty mantra
The right to know is an empty mantra, three words that sound like they are pursuing freedom and information. However, ...
