Kevin Folta
Kevin Folta discusses “ties” to GMO industry, challenges of biotech literacy communication
Independent agricultural scientist Kevin Folta responded to questions raised about his relationship to the biotechnology industry, as the first wave ...
Kevin Folta responds to questions about funding of his biotech outreach efforts
In addition to my job as a researcher and a department chair, I run the Talking Biotech science communication program designed to help ...
Talking Biotech: Rothamstead’s aphid-repelling GMO wheat; Critique of Adyydurai’s formaldehyde claim
Rothamstead’s John Pickett onaphid-repelling GMO wheat; Kevin Folta critique of Adyydurai’s formaldehyde claim ...
How low-quality research is used as activist propaganda
The paper published in Agricultural Sciences by Shiva Ayyadurai presents a hypothesis that transgenic soybeans are high in formaldehyde and ...
GMOs contain formaldehyde? Kevin Folta challenge: ‘Let’s cooperate on lab analysis’ (crickets)
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai recently published a systems biology paper in Agricultural Sciences. The report left much to be desired, and ...
Talking Biotech: Kevin Folta on how farmers can communicate science effectively
Don't let Dr. Oz and others who know nothing about ag tell a farmer's story: Kevin Folta ...
Kevin Folta debunks pay for play paper finding formaldehyde in GMOs
Let's visit the paper by Ayyadurai and Deonikar, published in Agricultural Sciences, a journal I've never heard of, and a ...
GMOs: Science vs People? Al Jazeera’s TechKnow features Kevin Folta, July 13
Al Jazeera's TechKnow Investigates: Genetically Modified Foods Is it Science vs. People? Is your food safe? Meet the scientists pushing boundaries ...
Talking Biotech: Scientists testify on GMOs before Congress; American Farm Bureau on biotech challenges
Briefing US lawmakers on GMOs: Chris Barbey and Alejandra Abril Guevara; Farm Bureau view of biotech challenges: Andrew Wamsley ...
Media should view GM wheat trial as ‘success,’ not ‘failure’
Back in 2012, the activist group Take the Flour Back was settled on destroying a science experiment. The trial was ...
Florida newspaper case story: How anti-GMO politics masquerades as journalism
It is dangerous to scream fire in a crowded theater, when no fire is present. So why would the Naples ...
A warning for science teachers? Biotech scientists and the Freedom of Information Act
A several months ago, scientists came under attack using the Freedom of Information Act. Scientist Kevin Folta tweeted this graphic that has ...
Rebutting Organic Consumer Association’s support of Chipotle GMO-free decision
It has been exciting watching the media place a blazing spotlight on Chipotle's decision to cash in on fear and ...
Anti-GMO activists misusing FOIA chills science debate, research
One morning in early February I received an unusual email. It was from my colleague here at University of Florida, ...
Discovery of naturally transgenic sweet potato poses conundrum: Will it be labelled or banned?
The discovery of transfer DNA (T-DNA) in sweet potato indicates horizontal transfer of genetic material from bacterium to plant. The ...
Biotech activists caught plagiarizing web polemic in journal article challenging GMO safety consensus
Did you ever read something and swear you have read it somewhere else before? It happens to me now and ...
Who’s real shill: Food Babe or #Science14?
I hear it almost every single day. Because I talk or write about science, and promote ideas consistent with the ...
More voices of farm moms needed in GMO conversation
U.S. farmers make up approximately 1.5 percent of the population. They are the most credible source of information about production details, the ...
Response to US-Right to Know: ‘Scientists live by evidence not PR’
The most hilarious part about US-RTK is that they are so clueless on science that they'll actually print the stuff ...
Kevin Folta interview: ‘Yes, I’m a shill—not for Big Ag but for Science’
Co-hosts of The League of Nerds Myles Power and James Gurney interview Kevin Folta, professor at the University of Florida, ...
Anti-GMO activist groups twist science, claiming glyphosate infects drinking water, threatens babies
This blog is a critical demonstration between what good science says, and how the anti-GM activists twist meanings beyond what ...
Vandana Shiva trashes GMOs—Florida’s best hope for orange tree disease
I get rather irritated when I listen to Vandana Shiva, mostly because her ideas are rooted in a place of ...
Nina Fedoroff, Kevin Folta, GLP’s Jon Entine push back on organic-led attack on biotech academic research
In a wide-ranging discussion, HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps discusses the document demands on biotech scientists and the parallels with ...
Genetics give conventional fruits and vegetables heirloom taste
When you order a sandwich at Subway you can watch the guy lay out pink, anemic tomatoes on your sandwich ...
Watershed: Records requests reveal abusive tactics of extremist GMO opponents
U.S. “Right to Know” (US-RTK) is a lobby group opposed to genetic modification (GM), and with the mandate to implement ...
