Kevin Folta
@kevinfolta
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Professor, scientist, fruit grower, good trouble, sustainable food /farm tech. Fighting disinformation. Talking Biotech host
Archer, FL
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@drdevangm
Stanford college student Brock Turner got six whole months for raping an incapacitated intoxicated woman by a dumpster. Served three months.
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@ariehkovler
Dude, could you please pick out my lottery numbers? If I didn't see the time stamp I would think you made this after the fact. It's prophetic.
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Last week
@RobertKennedyJr
spewed nonsense on
@joerogan
with amazing ignorance to reality. Here I refute his claims about
#glyphosate
point-by-point. It is amazing how clueless he is, even on the easy stuff.
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Nine years ago today this picture was published in a peer-reviewed journal, claiming
#GMO
crops caused cancer. It affected public opinion, gov’t policy, and slowed technology from reaching the food insecure. Results could not be repeated independently. A lie that cost lives.
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Philippines Approves Golden Rice
May millions never know preventable blindness and disease.
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@RexChapman
@elonmusk
You have been made Elonymous.
If it's any consolation, Rex Chapman Sucks still comes up.
Sorry Rex, your posts are gold. We all need to check to find out who the class of the "Elonymous" is.
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"If God wanted tomatoes to have DNA in them he would have put it in there."
-- Heard that today.
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This is a remarkable chart. World cereal yield compared to population and land use. Production continues to increase with essentially the same land use. This is sustainable intensification, same land, more product, thanks to genetics, management, and technology.
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@neiltyson
And also the rise of a class that recognizes expertise as a threat, especially when it challenges their beliefs.
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@msdanifernandez
@evolutionarypsy
@JacquiDeevoy1
If you would have birthed it in a manger they'd be making statues of you for millennia.
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I was always skeptical of the plant-based meat substitutes, but I think that plant based bread might just catch on.
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If I catch the corona virus I’ll likely get tested for Lyme disease. Corona and Lyme go together.
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The hypocrisy of what we accept, what we don't, from recombinant DNA technology.
#GMO
http://t.co/UI7ekerqnz
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Outraged today?
@greenpeace
and an anti-
#GMO
movement celebrate a ruling to stop nutrition from reaching the food insecure. After years of trials and regulatory approval, a court maneuver stalls Golden Rice from reaching poor Filipinos.
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"The safety of herbicides needs to be determined by scientists, not chemophobic California jurors or vulturine attorneys. The health of our native ecosystems depends on it."
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Plant genetic improvement in the EU- Expensive and imprecise is ok, modern and precise is not.
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@RexChapman
I would have enjoyed a conversation with him. At this point it is purely sociopathic. A complete lack of empathy, a willingness to harm others. Probably has a WWJD keychain.
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@ErrolWebber
What the world needs is more narcissists putting their wants and convenience about the health and safety of others. Teach children the value of a little discomfort to maybe save others. We'll be much better off.
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@neiltyson
Working on that every single day. Wow it's tough. They don't seem to want it very much.
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I want to hug this family and make them dinner. I'm so sorry.
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At 13 my wife's Ukranian grandmother hid in an oven from the Nazis. They captured her, and forced her to feed livestock in the concentration camp. (Thread)
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Farmer raises huge crop of corn despite insect pests-- and locals are convinced he's a witch.
He's not. No spells, no magic, just genetic engineering.
@aatfafrica
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@BidenFinnegan
@Annealiz1
You are not living in fear. To the contrary, you are living in conscientious awareness of your community and showing you understand science. That's not fear, that's courage.
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They are really targeting
@PeterHotez
the guy that led development of a patent-free vaccine that has protected 100 million+ in the Developing World. Please help good scientists push back. RT and amplify their positive messages. Make this hate campaign backfire.
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She needs to take my plant domestication class, the fascinating stories of how useless weeds were changed genetically to useful crops-- by human beings.
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Really
@Netflix
? How about a real science show with
@CaraSantaMaria
as host? She’s an actual scientist and much better role model.
Gwyneth Paltrow welcomes you to The Goop Lab on January 24
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Science anyone? The same people freaking out about 200 parts per trillion of a debatably "probable" carcinogen with no evidence of carcinogenicity, are happy to drink wine containing 130,000,000,000 parts per trillion of a known carcinogen- ethanol.
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@DrEricDing
Thank you for this Eric. As a scientist in ag, I have so much respect for the workers in the field. This is horrible, repetitive work that few appreciate.
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Just over one year ago my university demanded I quit the
@talkingbiotech
podcast. I petitioned to host the podcast as "outside work", not affiliated with the university. Now it is one of the top podcasts on iTunes in science. Thanks to all of you that listen every week!
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Hey EU! Politicians have decided you won't get gene edited crops. Fire up the Cesium 137 source and order some ethyl methanesulfonate - you're doing it old school. Condolences to EU colleagues & farmers that can't benefit from the best technology.
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My days of dealing with trolls are over. Balter, Thacker, karma, Ash and the rest are all blocked. Let's let them yell in the mirror. We have work to do. Thanks everyone for your support and for sharing science.
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@nowthisnews
@JHowardBrainMD
What it really shows is that 106 Representatives reject the Constitution they are sworn to uphold. At this point it is sedition. They all should be called out for participating in overthrowing American democracy. I'm a-political. No party. I've voted both ways. Not anymore.
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@julie_kelly2
@SciGroupie
@neiltyson
I'm not going to bite Julie. Yes, there are many smart people out there. Too many science deniers.
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Here’s the graphic I did last time the media blew up these alleged amounts in a non-peer-reviewed report.
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Thanks
@Hellmanns
! The use of bioengineered ingredients supports North American farmers, producing no-till plant-based oils that are better for farmers and environment. Don't cave to online personalities with limited understanding of modern biotechnology!
#AgTwitter
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In France, Macron is banning glyphosate.
Caption -Q: “What’s the threshold for a substance to be carcinogenic?”
A: “When 50% of the population believes it.”
#glyphosate
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Philippines Approves Golden Rice
20 percent of children suffer from vitamin A deficiency. This rice will help correct that deficiency.
And let's remember those that fought to stop it.
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You. Must. Be. Kidding. Me.
President Trump will appoint Mehmet Oz to his council on sport, fitness and nutrition. Known on TV as Dr. Oz, he has been harshly criticized by other physicians who said he had "an egregious lack of integrity."
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Copper sulfate one of 10 pesticides associated with Parkinson's disease, both from epidemiological and in vitro analysis. Nobody will call for bans of organic produce where CuSo4 is a key crop protectant. They shouldn't. But if this was
#glyphosate
...
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@realDonaldTrump
Can someone please explain to the Commander In Chief the difference between climate and weather, the changes that his Pentagon has taken very seriously in reshaping national security in the presence of imminent sea level rise?
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Yesterday at the gas station I witnessed the span of human risk acceptance.
The guy across from me had a mask and gloves to pump gas, and wrapped the handle in a grocery bag.
The guy in front of me was smoking and pumping gas.
Gotta love rural Florida.
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How is milk $1.99 a gallon? We should be very grateful that we pay such a small part of our income for such safe and abundant products.
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What is "natural"? Most of what we grow, does not naturally belong where we grow it!
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Advice for
@Nike
Protesters: 1. Burning a product you already bought doesn't affect the company. 2. If you do decide to burn them, take them off first.
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A point-by-point rebuttal of
@RobertKennedyJr
's appearance on
@joerogan
. So important to watch and share. The most popular podcast in the world needs to do better. RFKj's false information is dangerous. By
@20manDan
via
@YouTube
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My go-to oils:
Canola
Olive (extra virgin)
Olive (experienced & promiscuous)
Soy/Corn
Castrol Full Synthetic
WD-40
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Congratulations on this milestone. It can only get better with each attempt.
Robert - a quadriplegic - stood up out of his wheelchair — on his own for the first time today.
It took him 1,220 days to achieve this goal.
Pretty good way to celebrate Labor Day.
This is the Twitter content I’m here for.🌎❤️
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Be careful of what you wish for. Sure, the current system can do better, but promising to ignore science and destroy American agriculture is not a solution. Anyone that says "Chemical Based Agriculture" should raise red flags.
As president, I’m going to reverse 80 years of farm policy in this country and end our reliance on industrial meat production, factory farming, and chemical-based agriculture.
#rfkjr
#Kennedy24
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I keep clicking on "Accept All Cookies"
I have yet to receive any cookies.
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I've been named one of the "10 Most Evil People Who Lie About Science" behind
@neiltyson
@BillNye
and
@DrPaulOffit
. Came in at
#10
, so maybe need to dial it up in 2018.
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When you find an article online about
#GMO
and it has pictures of syringes with colored liquid being injected intro fruit or vegetables, it is a warning flag that you can't trust the information. They are lying to you.
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Someone needs to take my plant domestication course. You won't find a Honeycrisp out in the forest...
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More misinformation. Watermelons, bananas and other seedless fruit are not
#GMO
, they are triploid-- containing an extra set of chromosomes which blocks seed development. It happens when a tetraploid crosses with a diploid.
#TalkingBiotech
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@davenewworld_2
It is assault. Her intent is to injure someone else by her actions. She does not cover an "allergy" cough and turn away, she actively pursues people emitting potentially harmful pathogens. Social media will find her. Just watch.
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Overheard at Farmers Market-
Customer: do you spray glyphosate on your plants?
Farmer: Of course not, it is an herbicide and would kill them.
(Pause)
Customer: But do you spray glyphosate on your plants?
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@TheSciBabe
I've lived my entire life without essential oils. I believe that makes them "optional oils"
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THE RISK OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES:
As bad as alcohol.
One glass.
Every seven years.
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This was the dedication line in a graduate student's Ph.D. dissertation. She was truly grateful.
@tacobell
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Class cancelled; professor almost cancelled. Nature is dangerous. Embrace science.
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Since everything is already goofy, can we please make this the time we switch to the metric system and end Daylight Savings?
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Another 2-year
#GMO
and Roundup rat study fails to reproduce Seralini's 2012 results, and no evidence of increased cancer incidence from the herbicide.
#IARC
#glyphosate
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My account will be deactivated in a few minutes. I hate
@Twitter
, their community standards are not my standards. I am sick of being abused, because I teach science.
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Customers who buy Midler's 'Beaches' movie must not make copies and sell them.
Farmers who buy Monsanto's Roundup Ready seeds, must sign an agreement promising not to save the seed produced after harvest for replanting.
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@kate_freedomer
It’s because 95% of our 200 most critical medications come from India and China. It’s a national security issue. We need to address this.
Ukraine is a separate issue. We’re not sending money there, we’re investing in a fragile democracy.
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It also is gluten free. Non GMO Project is not a certification- it is an activist group that fights technology.
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Deaths from
#GMO
grains= 0.
Deaths from alcohol = 88,000 every year.
Methinks
@WildTurkey
might re-assess relative risk.
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100 million people have received this vaccine in India. Thank you Dr. Hotez and team.
Our
@TexasChildrens
@BCM_TropMed
low-cost recombinant protein Covid vaccine technology has now been administered to 100 million people/doses in India 🇮🇳 in partnership with
@biological_e
and Indonesia 🇮🇩 in partnership with
@biofarmaID
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The world’s malnourished cannot afford your vanity on their plate.
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Are you "Elonymous" ?
Rex Chapman
@RexChapman
provides outstanding content. Has been critical of Twitter and the new management. Now his name does not come up in a search and his UN does not autofill, even for followers. Smells like retribution.
#Elonymous
Hey
@elonmusk
how about you come on my podcast so we can discuss why my account doesn’t come up on a Twitter search using my name? Or are you too much of a chickenshit coward? I’ve dunked on fake tough guys like you all my life. Can you take a charge?
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Three lumpy rats. Panel A - Fed "GMO" corn. Panel B- Fed "roundup" herbicide. Panel C- Fed both. Scary, huh?
But what about the rat that ate normal food? Table 2 of the same paper shows it got tumors too. Why not show it?
Because then it is not scary. You've been fooled.
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How does
#misinformaiton
about science spread? Contrast the two articles below. One at The Guardian, one at
@GeneticLiteracy
. You can see how formerly credible sources like
@guardian
distort science to mislead readers.
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Wow GM Watch really nails it. Imagine if the ability to drive metabolism from fixing carbon dioxide spreads to plants and other microbes!
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No, it can’t fight cancer or depression. Cucurmin has marginal effects in vitro, but that’s it. This is food, not medicine.
Turmeric has been touted as a super food that can fight cancer, ease depression, and more. Find out what it can -- and can't -- do for your health:
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One born every minute.
Ah yes, because you can genetically modify water 🙄🙄
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If you are a scientist that cares about food security, please watch what is happening in Mexico. Their science and technology organization
@Conacyt_MX
has been hijacked by anti-biotech interests. They held a "debate" where they invited only those espousing failed claims (1/2)
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This is awesome. You can google my name and not see 10 pages of hateful fake news.
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Please help defend a postdoc under fire.
@AAAS
,
@theNASciences
@ASPB
@CritterChatter
@SIVBiology
@CureDisease
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A young budding scholar in 1985 named Kevin Folta would never have predicted that in 2023 some would be demanding mRNA-free food.
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I’ve come to the conclusion that the anti-vaxers are even more mean and evil than the anti-GMO folks, and I thought that would be impossible.
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Bypass surgery? In vitro fertilization? Airlines? Vaccination? Every domesticated plant and animal? Chemotherapy? Medications? The computer you are reading this on now? Modifying nature, not being a slave to it, is man's greatest success story,
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Amazing that the retracted Seralini paper got high visibility, scared a billion people about their food, & changed policy toward bioengineering in Kenya, a food insecure country. Other studies that show the results were not reproducible get zero attention.
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The intense shock wave from the Beirut explosion. Amazing.
Terrifying video from a guy driving his car while filming the Beirut explosion...
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Finally! Found some salmon that isn’t full of the glutens!
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@drdrew
Wow, I almost can't believe that this is real. When there are so many actual scientists that understand these issues, why bring aboard a cross section of the people that have fought against technology and have been consistently wrong? Shiva is the worst.
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@thankvis
My wife's grandmother was taken hostage by Nazis when she was 13. In the prison camp she was forced to feed old bread to German livestock. She hid bits of food and snuck them to starving Jewish prisoners. Guards caught her, shot her in the neck. Had a bullet hole her whole life.
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