Professor, scientist, fruit grower, good trouble, sustainable food /farm tech. Fighting disinformation. Talking Biotech host talkingbiotech.com
Joined April 2010
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Jun 10
We discussed the #screwworm back in September of 2025 as it advanced across Mexico. Talking Biotech Podcast 477 covers the problem and new potential solutions you need to understand. talkingbiotech.transistor.fm…
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Jun 8
While the screw worm issue might seem new, it has been evolving for a long time. I interviewed Dr. Max Scott about the problem and strategies to control it last September, but a great primer if you want to learn more. #screwworm
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Jun 8
My leg is 3/4" shorter than the other. So I send a shoe to Ohio where they build on a lift. I sent it @USPS "priority mail" from Gainesville May 29. It went to Jacksonville, Denver, Kansas, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Gary IN, Chicago, Cleveland (again), then Beachwood, OH June 8!
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May 26
Hey @Delta I've flown almost a million miles with you. You lost my late luggage between baggage claim and baggage service. Your agent is awful. Nobody reachable by phone. 1/2
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May 3
If I was an adversarial government of the USA or a terrorist group, I'd manufacture risk around agriculture, tell people they are being poisoned by farmers, and break trust in food. Dim politicians would fall for it, farmers lose tools, then everyone wonders, "Where's our food?"
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May 3
Cheap and abundant food is reliant on cheap energy. As costs of everything from fertilzer, to harvest, to logistics increase, farmers markets and local production will gain in relevance. Get to know your local producer. #farmersmarket #agriculture medium.com/p/7d3136a8818e
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Apr 13
Folta's farming disinformation talk is exactly what our field needs. The myths around ag tech are staggering.
Apr 13
We need to change how we teach away from the facts and figures at our fingertips, and to critical analysis of information and evidence. Lilicon 2026 is dedicated to teaching critical thinking in higher education. Join Us!! lilienfeldalliance.org/lilic…
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Apr 13
We need to change how we teach away from the facts and figures at our fingertips, and to critical analysis of information and evidence. Lilicon 2026 is dedicated to teaching critical thinking in higher education. Join Us!! lilienfeldalliance.org/lilic…
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Apr 7
The people of #Iran are not our enemy. They love their children and want the best in the future. May peace, love and kindness prevail. May evil authoritarnians set on genocide and distruction find sanity. That goes for Iran's leaders too.
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Apr 2
Finally, sustainable chemtrail delivery! 😂🚀
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Apr 1
Viewpoint: The ‘link to cancer’ myth—Activist and trial lawyers misrepresent the potential danger of glyphosate and other herbicides geneticliteracyproject.org/2… via @GeneticLiteracy
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Apr 1
A great example of how disinformation spreads. "Glyphosate Girl" read a title and doesn't realize the paper doesn't match her tweet. Men in a fertility clinic were tested, barely detected glyphosate (730 ppTrillion) in seminal plasma, no effect on morphology or mobility of sperm.
Mar 26
Glyphosate is in semen. Glyphosate kills and slows sperm. Think about that.
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Apr 1
This week's Talking Biotech Podcast 490 looks at the question of mutations passing through vegetative plant materials. Are your cuttings and scions really genetically uniform? Not so fast! With Dr. Danelle Seymour from @UCRiverside. youtu.be/Cgtqx3SYN7k
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.@UFJSchool is launching Authentically, an AI-powered editing tool that flags potential bias in news stories and suggests more neutral language. Built by an interdisciplinary @UF team, the tool aims to strengthen trust in media.
Read more: innovate.research.ufl.edu/au…
#InTheNews #AI
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Mar 14
This is so damning. The absolute hubris. Read it. War photography is incredible, too.
"George W Bush appointed him...Bremer had never been to Iraq before." thetimes.com/world/middle-ea…
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Mar 15
If you're giving your kid a haircut and find three 9's, is it something of concern?
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Mar 12
From @CNN: A surprising percentage of produce from the nation’s largest supplier contains ‘forever’ pesticides
@kevinfolta is an expert in biotechnology. Connect with an #expert from @UF today if you are following this developing story.
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