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Dr. Kevin Folta Chats About Biotech Crops

October 30, 2014

Dr. Kevin Folta, the same professor and scientist that called Food Babe out on her recent speech at the University of Florida (you can read his response here), sat down with Global News to discuss biotech crops. Definitely a good video to share with friends on the fence – he’s articulate, smart, and a scientist!

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  1. Mischa Popoff says

    October 31, 2014 at 7:01 pm

    An interesting interview, except that Kevin failed to mention the organic industry.Everyone knows it's URBAN organic activists who are dead-set opposed to GMOs, no one else. In fact, organic farmers support GMOs! So why not include mention of the organic movement every now and then?It's as if Kevin is so intent on being polite to anti-GMO organic activists that he's willing to let them gain ground. But doesn't he want to defend the use of GMOs?

    • TheFarmersDaughterUS says

      November 2, 2014 at 2:00 pm

      Unless you have some type of evidence or proof that Dr. Folta is being paid by urban organic or anything else, I'm not sure how you substantiate your claims. His approach obviously promotes GMOs. When you only have so much time on camera, I think there are lots of positive things he can talk about without getting off topic on urban organic.

    • Mischa Popoff says

      November 2, 2014 at 3:11 pm

      I never suggested that Kevin Folta is working for urban organic activists.By failing to mention the fact that they're the ones opposed to GMOs, he is however providing them with excellent cover for their nefarious, self-serving actions.

  2. pwb says

    April 10, 2015 at 8:23 pm

    So disingenuous to suggest that “haphazard” natural breeding is obviously riskier than the GMO “surgical strikes”. Can’t we just eat food?

    • Amanda says

      April 13, 2015 at 6:32 pm

      Not really. Natural breeding techniques undergo no studying, while GMO techniques undergo a whole bunch of testing. That’s his point. Plus, Kevin Folta is a scientist that studies this stuff for a living, so I’m going to go ahead and trust him on this one.

      Also, I do eat food. I’m not sure what you’re trying to get at with that comment.

  3. Geralyn_D says

    October 19, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    In another video featuring him he said that GMOs are in 70% of the grocers food. I wish he had elaborated on the ‘restraint’ for GMO projects that are being “held back” and by who when they are so broadly used?

    • Amanda says

      October 20, 2015 at 5:08 pm

      I can’t verify or listen to the video you’re referring to obviously, but I can imagine he’s referring to the very organized and well-funded groups that are using scare campaigns to turn public opinion against GMO products. While I don’t necessarily doubt that GMOs are so prevalent in the grocery store, that’s because corn is used in so many products, not because GMO projects aren’t being held back. It takes an average of 10 years for a new GMO product to make it to the marketplace – that holds them back.

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