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| − | Kevin Folta is professor and former chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida | + | [[Image:Folta.jpg|thumb|right|UF Professor Kevin Folta]]''Kevin Folta'' is a professor and the former chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida.,<ref>Angela DiMichele [https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-horticulture-chair-resigns/article_54b90ba0-6489-11e8-a2b8-974b3fb8ad8e.html UF horticulture chair resigns] ''Alligator'' May 31, 2018</ref><ref>University of Florida [https://hos.ifas.ufl.edu/people/on-campus-faculty/kevin-m-folta/ Kevin Folta] educational organization website, accessed January 2019</ref> Folta has been called a "pro-GMO professor"<ref name=slate>Keith Kloor [https://slate.com/technology/2017/10/kevin-foltas-libel-case-against-the-new-york-times-makes-the-internets-reaction-part-of-the-point.html Can You Sue a Newspaper Based on How the Internet Interprets a Story?] ''Slate'' Oct. 5, 2017</ref> who "often engages with GMO critics and foes."<ref>Keith Kloor [http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/collideascape/2014/11/10/open-letter-bill-nye-plant-scientist/#.XDOwTM9KgWo Open Letter to Bill Nye from a Plant Scientest] ''Discover Magazine'' Nov. 10, 2014</ref> Folta is listed as one of the experts on GMOanswers.com,<ref>GMO Answers [https://gmoanswers.com/experts/kevin-folta Kevin Folta] Organizational bio, accessed January 2019</ref> a website created as a resource "for information on genetically modified organisms and their use in agriculture and food production." According to ''Reuters,'' funding for GMO Answers comes in part from [[Monsanto]], [[DuPont]], Dow AgroSciences (a unit of [[Dow Chemical]]), and "other companies." ''Reuters'' reports that GMOAnswers is "part of a broad campaign by the biotech industry to try to beat back growing calls for GMO food labeling and for tighter regulation of the biotech seed industry in the United States."<ref>Carey Gillam [https://www.reuters.com/article/gmo-campaign/gmo-companies-launch-website-to-fight-anti-biotech-movement-idUSL1N0FZ0RE20130729 GMO companies launch website to fight anti-biotech movement] ''Reuters'' Jan. 29, 2013</ref> |
| − | + | Folta is described as a "scientist in a scientifically illiterate nation at a time when we need science the most" on his blog, "Illumination."<ref>Kevin Folta [https://www.blogger.com/profile/10253508434587464552 profile introduction] blogger, accessed January 2019</ref><ref name=blog>Kfolta [http://kfolta.blogspot.com blog] blogspot, accessed January 2019</ref> On the blog, Folta pushes back against accusations of corporate influence on his work and discussed non-GMO labels on food products, among other topics.<ref name=blog/> | |
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| + | In 2015, ''The New York Times'' reported that Monsanto had "passed out an undisclosed amount in special grants to scientists like Kevin Folta," that Folta "correspond regularly with executives at Monsanto." In an interview with ''The Times'' Folta "concluded that he could unfairly be seen as a tool of industry, and his university now intends to donate the Monsanto grant money to a food pantry." The article states, "there is no evidence that academic work was compromised, but the emails show how academics have shifted from researchers to actors in lobbying and corporate public relations campaigns."<ref name=nyt>Eric Lipton [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/06/us/food-industry-enlisted-academics-in-gmo-lobbying-war-emails-show.html?_r=0 Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show] ''New York Times'' Sept. 5, 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | A ''Buzzfeed News'' report asserts that Folta created a "shady podcast" where he posed as "Vern Blazek" and interviewed himself, about himself on multiple occasions. Folta's "alter ego," Blazek, interviews Folta's colleagues about GMOs and GMO related topics. <ref>Brooke Borel [https://www.buzzfeed.com/brookeborel/when-scientists-email-monsanto?utm_term=.bkNDoRWeoJ#.giyVEyoKE2 Seed Money: True Confessions Of A GMO Defender] ''Buzzfeed News'' Oct. 19, 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | Folta also funds<ref>Talking Biotech [http://www.talkingbiotechpodcast.com/ Talking Biotech Podcast] organizational website, accessed January 2019</ref> and co-hosts the "Talking Biotech" Podcast, with plant pathology professor [[Paul Vincelli]]. Episodes of the podcast are sometimes posted on the [[Genetic Literacy Project]] website.<ref>Paul Vincelli and Shawn Dorious [https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/07/11/talking-biotech-disturbing-new-details-on-putins-anti-gmo-propaganda-campaign-designed-to-sow-political-discord-in-the-u-s/ Talking Biotech: Disturbing new details on Putin’s anti-GMO propaganda campaign designed to sow political discord in the U.S.] Genetic Literacy Project, July 11, 2018</ref> The Genetic Literacy Project website is owned by ESG MediaMetrics<ref>ICANN, [https://www.sourcewatch.org/images/8/84/GLP_ICANN_WHOIS.pdf GeneticLiteracyProject.org WHOIS], website registration information, accessed October 19, 2018.</ref> a public relations company with clients including Monsanto, the Vinyl Institute, and Merisant, a Monsanto spin-off that manufactured artificial sweeteners.<ref>Web Archive [https://web.archive.org/web/20120516134259/http://www.esgmediametrics.com/clients.htm ESG Clients]</ref> | ||
==Attacks on Reporters and GMO Critics== | ==Attacks on Reporters and GMO Critics== | ||
| − | Folta maintains | + | Folta maintains that he is independent of corporate influence and pushes back against reporters and activists who he thinks misrepresent him. |
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| + | Journalist Paul Thacker and professor Charles Seife published a post on the PLOS blog. Folta responded to the post, calling it "a breach of journalistic ethics," "false and misleading," a "hit job," and a "vicious blindsiding." Eventually, the post was taken down. Seife responded to that, telling ''Retraction Watch'' "the criticism of our opinion — much of which is inaccurate and inflammatory — is allowed to remain intact, giving an extremely distorted view of what happened. I’m bemused by the hypocrisy of a number of actors in this drama who claim to be fighting a “chilling effect” on public debate and academic freedom while cheerfully silencing a viewpoint they don’t like."<ref>Alison McCook [https://retractionwatch.com/2015/08/24/following-criticism-plos-removes-blog-defending-scrutiny-of-science/ Following criticism, PLOS removes blog defending scrutiny of science] ''Retraction Watch'' August 25, 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | Rachel Parent, an anti-GMO activist, has had public disputes with Folta. The Genetic Literacy Project characterized their disagreements as "attacks"<ref>Jon Entine, David Warmflash [https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/01/06/real-story-anti-gmo-teen-sensation-rachel-parent-idealist-pawn-natural-marketers/ Real story of anti-GMO sensation Rachel Parent: Idealist or pawn of ‘natural’ marketers?] Genetic Literacy Project, January 6, 2017</ref> Parent refers to Folta as a "notorious" Monsanto troll.<ref>Rachel Parent [https://twitter.com/RachelsNews/status/928112389752373248 tweet] Twitter, Nov. 7, 2017</ref> | ||
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| + | Following the publication of the 2015 ''New York Times'' article which said that academics like Folta have "shifted from researchers to actors in lobbying and corporate public relations campaigns."<ref name=nyt/> Folta took legal action. In 2017, the professor sued the author of the article, Eric Lipton, a two-time Pulitzer prize winner,<ref name=slate/> and the ''New York Times'' for libel. The court document claims that Lipton had "intentionally misrepresented the actions of a pure academic scientist to push their own agenda."<ref name=suit>Politico [https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015e-52e2-df04-a5df-d6e70aa10001 Folta v. Lipton and The New York Times] court filing Nov. 1, 2017</ref> But, according to Kelly McBride, vice president of the Poynter Institute, proving libel, in this case, is "a really steep hill to climb.” Freelance science and medicine writer, David Kroll, contended in an opinion piece for ''Forbes'' that the ''NYT''-Folta saga "is an emotionally charged issue compounded by [an] incomplete understanding of science by some consumers."<ref>David Kroll [https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2015/09/10/what-the-new-york-times-missed-on-kevin-folta-and-monsantos-cultivation-of-academic-scientists/#16464762619a What The New York Times Missed On Kevin Folta And Monsanto's Cultivation Of Academic Scientists] ''Forbes'' Sept 10, 2015</ref> | ||
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| + | Folta has also written that Paul Thacker, his ex-wife, and his former podcast co-host [[Kavin Senapathy]]<ref>Kavin Senapathy [https://www.facebook.com/notes/kavin-senapathy/kevin-folta-and-apologies/10155116134915736/ Kevin Folta and Apologies] Facebook post, Feb 9, 2018</ref> are spreading "exaggerated" and "fictitious" stories to "punish him."<ref>Kevin Folta [http://kfolta.blogspot.com/2018/06/your-ancient-past-weaponized.html?q=Paul+thacker Your Ancient Past, Weaponized] blog, accessed Januray 2019</ref> | ||
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| + | Folta responded to his SourceWatch profile. Before allowing time to review, he accused the page's author of "a gross distortion of freedom of speech, using words maliciously with intent to harm."<ref>Kevin Folta [http://kfolta.blogspot.com/2019/01/mangling-reality-and-targeting.html Mangling Reality and Targeting] Jan 3. 2019</ref> | ||
==Industry Ties== | ==Industry Ties== | ||
| − | Folta maintains he is independent of any corporate interest. | + | Folta maintains he is independent of any corporate interest. A 2015 report in ''The New York Times,'' however, states Folta was "part of an inner circle of industry consultants, lobbyists and executives who devised a strategy on how to block state efforts to mandate G.M.O. labeling and, most recently, on how to get Congress to pass legislation that would pre-empt any state from taking such a step."<ref name=nyt/><ref>Eric Lipton [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2303691-kevin-folta-uoffloridadocs.html#document/p105/a238328 emails] Document Cloud, accessed Jan. 2019</ref> |
| − | + | In May 2018, GM Watch, an anti-GMO site, reported that a colleague of Folta alleged he had a lucrative $600/hr consulting arrangement with Bayer.<ref>Jonathan Matthews [https://gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/18273 GM Watch Kevin Folta: Omission impossible?"] GMWatch May 14, 2018</ref> Folta's ex-wife, after "a rather nasty divorce,"<ref>Kevin Folta [https://kfolta.blogspot.com/2018/03/wheres-folta.html Where's Folta] blog post, March 21, 2018</ref> wrote that "he is trying to hide funds" and alleged that Folta "has done consulting work in 2017 for Bayer at $400/hr"<ref>Roxanne Porozinski ["Oh! What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive" https://web.archive.org/web/20180413220836/http://www.skepticalnurse.com/2018/04/oh-what-tangled-web-we-weave-when-first.html] April 12, 2018</ref> | |
| − | + | According to his former colleague, [[Kavin Senapathy]], Folta "has beers with [[Monsanto]]’s Director of Millennial Engagement ([[Vance Crowe]]) a few times a year."<ref>Kavin Senapathy [https://www.facebook.com/notes/kavin-senapathy/kevin-folta-and-apologies/10155116134915736/ Kevin Folta and Apologies] Facebook post, Feb 9, 2018</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==Ties to [[Genetic Literacy Project]]== | |
| − | + | Folta's work is frequently seen published on the [[Genetic Literacy Project]] website. ''HuffPo'' released emails between [[Jon Entine]] and Folta where they discussed funding from Monsanto and ways to discredit GMO critics.<ref name=huffpo>Paul D. Thacker [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/keith-kloors-endearing-love-affair-with-gmos_us_596fc0c8e4b062ea5f8eea33 Keith Kloor’s Endearing Love Affair With GMOs] ''HuffPo'' 7/19/2017</ref> When Folta became concerned that his emails would show he was being funded by Monsanto, he contacted [[Keith Kloor]] to preemptively release the emails "but selectively." After Kloor wrote the story for ''Nature'', he then warned [[Jon Entine]] of the [[Genetic Literacy Project]]. "You and I should also talk,” [[Keith Kloor]] wrote to [[Jon Entine]], “You are in the emails.”<ref name=huffpo/> | |
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| − | + | Kevin Folta served as a panelist at the 2014 and 2015 conferences hosted by [[Academics Review]] and the [[Genetic Literacy Project]], which were later found to have been funded entirely by industry. When proposing the budget for the 2014 conference, [[Jon Entine]] emailed Folta that he would be paid for participating. Folta emailed back, "I'm glad you put in something here for me, $7500 is a great chunk of change. If it is offered that way I'll earn every penny. Other faculty included Jay Byrne, a former public relations officer at Monsanto who now runs a PR firm that promotes GMOs; Nina Fedoroff, a professor at Penn State, and advisor to a law firm that represents the biotech industry; and [[Hank Campbell]] who later became the president of the [[American Council on Science and Health]].<ref>Paul D. Thacker [http://progressive.org/magazine/how-the-biotech-industry-cultivates-positive-media lacking for GMOs: How the Biotech Industry Cultivates Positive Media—and Discourages Criticism] ''The Progressive'' June 21, 2017</ref> | |
| − | + | In late 2017 documents were released as part of a lawsuit against [[Monsanto]] regarding the possible carcinogenicity of the pesticide glyphosate.<ref>Carey Gillam [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-monsanto-manufactured-outrage-at-chemical-cancer_us_59c17c88e4b0f96732cbc9f3 How Monsanto Manufactured Outrage At Chemical Cancer Classification It Expected] ''Huffington Post'' September 19, 2017</ref> One document detailed Monsanto's battle plan against the World Health Organization, which was planning to classify glyphosate as a possible carcinogen. On page five, Monsanto's plan listed strategies and tactics for discrediting the World Health Organization before it released its ruling, and named several "industry partners" they would work with that included Biofortified AKA [[Biology Fortified, Inc.]], [[Sense About Science]], Genetic Literacy Project, and [[Academics Review]]/<ref> Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman Law Firm [Monsanto: Glyphosate IARC, Draft baumhedlundlaw.com/pdf/monsanto-documents/72-Document-Details-Monsantos-Goals-After-IARC-Report.pdf] document Feb 23, 2015</ref> | |
| − | + | ==Defense of Jordan Peterson== | |
| + | After [[Kavin Senapathy]] published a 2018 article detailing how Monsanto’s director of millennial engagement, [[Vance Crowe]] was planning a "fireside chat with University of Toronto psychology professor [[Jordan Peterson]]" regarding “The Danger of Allowing Ideologies to Grow Unopposed,”<ref>Kavin Senapathy [https://slate.com/technology/2018/01/why-is-monsanto-inviting-alt-right-hero-jordan-peterson-to-a-fireside-chat-on-farming.html Why Is Monsanto Inviting This Alt-Right Hero to a Fireside Chat on Farming? | ||
| + | ] ''Slate'' Jan 4, 2018</ref> Folta tweeted his opinions on the matter. Senapathy had quoted Mclean Magazine calling Peterson a “belle of the alt-right."<ref>Tabatha Southey | ||
| + | [https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/is-jordan-peterson-the-stupid-mans-smart-person/ Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person?] ''Mclean Magazine'' Nov. 17, 2017</ref><ref>Nathan Robinson [https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/03/the-intellectual-we-deserve THE INTELLECTUAL WE DESERVE] ''Current Affairs'' March 14, 2018</ref> | ||
| + | Prompting Folta to tweet, "I feel so bad for Vance. Yes, he underestimated the optics of this. He forgot what evil people will do. Kavin did to him what Brooke Borel did to me. From a hyperbolic, bogus title to misrepresentation of the event, my heart hurts for him. It is very sad."<ref>Kevin Folta [https://twitter.com/kevinfolta/status/950479849990344704 tweet] social media, Jan 8, 2018</ref> In a follow up Facebook post, Senapathy wrote "I understand that Kevin’s heart truly did/does hurt for Vance. As Kevin explained to me, he has beers with Monsanto’s Director of Millennial Engagement a few times a year."<ref>Kavin Senapathy [https://www.facebook.com/notes/kavin-senapathy/kevin-folta-and-apologies/10155116134915736 Kevin Folta and Apologies] social media post, Feb 9, 2018</ref> | ||
| − | + | ==Article and Resources== | |
| + | * [https://hos.ifas.ufl.edu/people/on-campus-faculty/kevin-m-folta/ Kevin Folta's University of Florida Profile] | ||
| + | * [https://usrtk.org/our-investigations/kevin-folta US Right to Know Profile of Kevin Folta] | ||
| + | * [https://usrtk.org/hall-of-shame/jon-entine-the-chemical-industrys-master-messenger US Right to Know: Jon Entine and Genetic Literacy Project Spin Chemical Industry PR] | ||
| + | * [https://www.gmwatch.org/en/news/latest-news/18507-the-three-stooges-of-science-denial-the-genetic-literacy-project-sense-about-science-and-stat GM Watch The Three Stooges of Science Denial: The Genetic Literacy Project, Sense About Science, and STATS] | ||
==Related SourceWatch Articles== | ==Related SourceWatch Articles== | ||
* [[Jon Entine]] | * [[Jon Entine]] | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 4 February 2019
Kevin Folta is a professor and the former chairman of the horticultural sciences department at the University of Florida.,[1][2] Folta has been called a "pro-GMO professor"[3] who "often engages with GMO critics and foes."[4] Folta is listed as one of the experts on GMOanswers.com,[5] a website created as a resource "for information on genetically modified organisms and their use in agriculture and food production." According to Reuters, funding for GMO Answers comes in part from Monsanto, DuPont, Dow AgroSciences (a unit of Dow Chemical), and "other companies." Reuters reports that GMOAnswers is "part of a broad campaign by the biotech industry to try to beat back growing calls for GMO food labeling and for tighter regulation of the biotech seed industry in the United States."[6]
Folta is described as a "scientist in a scientifically illiterate nation at a time when we need science the most" on his blog, "Illumination."[7][8] On the blog, Folta pushes back against accusations of corporate influence on his work and discussed non-GMO labels on food products, among other topics.[8]
In 2015, The New York Times reported that Monsanto had "passed out an undisclosed amount in special grants to scientists like Kevin Folta," that Folta "correspond regularly with executives at Monsanto." In an interview with The Times Folta "concluded that he could unfairly be seen as a tool of industry, and his university now intends to donate the Monsanto grant money to a food pantry." The article states, "there is no evidence that academic work was compromised, but the emails show how academics have shifted from researchers to actors in lobbying and corporate public relations campaigns."[9]
A Buzzfeed News report asserts that Folta created a "shady podcast" where he posed as "Vern Blazek" and interviewed himself, about himself on multiple occasions. Folta's "alter ego," Blazek, interviews Folta's colleagues about GMOs and GMO related topics. [10]
Folta also funds[11] and co-hosts the "Talking Biotech" Podcast, with plant pathology professor Paul Vincelli. Episodes of the podcast are sometimes posted on the Genetic Literacy Project website.[12] The Genetic Literacy Project website is owned by ESG MediaMetrics[13] a public relations company with clients including Monsanto, the Vinyl Institute, and Merisant, a Monsanto spin-off that manufactured artificial sweeteners.[14]
Contents
Attacks on Reporters and GMO Critics
Folta maintains that he is independent of corporate influence and pushes back against reporters and activists who he thinks misrepresent him.
Journalist Paul Thacker and professor Charles Seife published a post on the PLOS blog. Folta responded to the post, calling it "a breach of journalistic ethics," "false and misleading," a "hit job," and a "vicious blindsiding." Eventually, the post was taken down. Seife responded to that, telling Retraction Watch "the criticism of our opinion — much of which is inaccurate and inflammatory — is allowed to remain intact, giving an extremely distorted view of what happened. I’m bemused by the hypocrisy of a number of actors in this drama who claim to be fighting a “chilling effect” on public debate and academic freedom while cheerfully silencing a viewpoint they don’t like."[15]
Rachel Parent, an anti-GMO activist, has had public disputes with Folta. The Genetic Literacy Project characterized their disagreements as "attacks"[16] Parent refers to Folta as a "notorious" Monsanto troll.[17]
Following the publication of the 2015 New York Times article which said that academics like Folta have "shifted from researchers to actors in lobbying and corporate public relations campaigns."[9] Folta took legal action. In 2017, the professor sued the author of the article, Eric Lipton, a two-time Pulitzer prize winner,[3] and the New York Times for libel. The court document claims that Lipton had "intentionally misrepresented the actions of a pure academic scientist to push their own agenda."[18] But, according to Kelly McBride, vice president of the Poynter Institute, proving libel, in this case, is "a really steep hill to climb.” Freelance science and medicine writer, David Kroll, contended in an opinion piece for Forbes that the NYT-Folta saga "is an emotionally charged issue compounded by [an] incomplete understanding of science by some consumers."[19]
Folta has also written that Paul Thacker, his ex-wife, and his former podcast co-host Kavin Senapathy[20] are spreading "exaggerated" and "fictitious" stories to "punish him."[21]
Folta responded to his SourceWatch profile. Before allowing time to review, he accused the page's author of "a gross distortion of freedom of speech, using words maliciously with intent to harm."[22]
Industry Ties
Folta maintains he is independent of any corporate interest. A 2015 report in The New York Times, however, states Folta was "part of an inner circle of industry consultants, lobbyists and executives who devised a strategy on how to block state efforts to mandate G.M.O. labeling and, most recently, on how to get Congress to pass legislation that would pre-empt any state from taking such a step."[9][23]
In May 2018, GM Watch, an anti-GMO site, reported that a colleague of Folta alleged he had a lucrative $600/hr consulting arrangement with Bayer.[24] Folta's ex-wife, after "a rather nasty divorce,"[25] wrote that "he is trying to hide funds" and alleged that Folta "has done consulting work in 2017 for Bayer at $400/hr"[26]
According to his former colleague, Kavin Senapathy, Folta "has beers with Monsanto’s Director of Millennial Engagement (Vance Crowe) a few times a year."[27]
Ties to Genetic Literacy Project
Folta's work is frequently seen published on the Genetic Literacy Project website. HuffPo released emails between Jon Entine and Folta where they discussed funding from Monsanto and ways to discredit GMO critics.[28] When Folta became concerned that his emails would show he was being funded by Monsanto, he contacted Keith Kloor to preemptively release the emails "but selectively." After Kloor wrote the story for Nature, he then warned Jon Entine of the Genetic Literacy Project. "You and I should also talk,” Keith Kloor wrote to Jon Entine, “You are in the emails.”[28]
Kevin Folta served as a panelist at the 2014 and 2015 conferences hosted by Academics Review and the Genetic Literacy Project, which were later found to have been funded entirely by industry. When proposing the budget for the 2014 conference, Jon Entine emailed Folta that he would be paid for participating. Folta emailed back, "I'm glad you put in something here for me, $7500 is a great chunk of change. If it is offered that way I'll earn every penny. Other faculty included Jay Byrne, a former public relations officer at Monsanto who now runs a PR firm that promotes GMOs; Nina Fedoroff, a professor at Penn State, and advisor to a law firm that represents the biotech industry; and Hank Campbell who later became the president of the American Council on Science and Health.[29]
In late 2017 documents were released as part of a lawsuit against Monsanto regarding the possible carcinogenicity of the pesticide glyphosate.[30] One document detailed Monsanto's battle plan against the World Health Organization, which was planning to classify glyphosate as a possible carcinogen. On page five, Monsanto's plan listed strategies and tactics for discrediting the World Health Organization before it released its ruling, and named several "industry partners" they would work with that included Biofortified AKA Biology Fortified, Inc., Sense About Science, Genetic Literacy Project, and Academics Review/[31]
Defense of Jordan Peterson
After Kavin Senapathy published a 2018 article detailing how Monsanto’s director of millennial engagement, Vance Crowe was planning a "fireside chat with University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson" regarding “The Danger of Allowing Ideologies to Grow Unopposed,”[32] Folta tweeted his opinions on the matter. Senapathy had quoted Mclean Magazine calling Peterson a “belle of the alt-right."[33][34] Prompting Folta to tweet, "I feel so bad for Vance. Yes, he underestimated the optics of this. He forgot what evil people will do. Kavin did to him what Brooke Borel did to me. From a hyperbolic, bogus title to misrepresentation of the event, my heart hurts for him. It is very sad."[35] In a follow up Facebook post, Senapathy wrote "I understand that Kevin’s heart truly did/does hurt for Vance. As Kevin explained to me, he has beers with Monsanto’s Director of Millennial Engagement a few times a year."[36]
Article and Resources
- Kevin Folta's University of Florida Profile
- US Right to Know Profile of Kevin Folta
- US Right to Know: Jon Entine and Genetic Literacy Project Spin Chemical Industry PR
- GM Watch The Three Stooges of Science Denial: The Genetic Literacy Project, Sense About Science, and STATS
Related SourceWatch Articles
References
- ↑ Angela DiMichele UF horticulture chair resigns Alligator May 31, 2018
- ↑ University of Florida Kevin Folta educational organization website, accessed January 2019
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Keith Kloor Can You Sue a Newspaper Based on How the Internet Interprets a Story? Slate Oct. 5, 2017
- ↑ Keith Kloor Open Letter to Bill Nye from a Plant Scientest Discover Magazine Nov. 10, 2014
- ↑ GMO Answers Kevin Folta Organizational bio, accessed January 2019
- ↑ Carey Gillam GMO companies launch website to fight anti-biotech movement Reuters Jan. 29, 2013
- ↑ Kevin Folta profile introduction blogger, accessed January 2019
- ↑ Jump up to: 8.0 8.1 Kfolta blog blogspot, accessed January 2019
- ↑ Jump up to: 9.0 9.1 9.2 Eric Lipton Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show New York Times Sept. 5, 2015
- ↑ Brooke Borel Seed Money: True Confessions Of A GMO Defender Buzzfeed News Oct. 19, 2015
- ↑ Talking Biotech Talking Biotech Podcast organizational website, accessed January 2019
- ↑ Paul Vincelli and Shawn Dorious Talking Biotech: Disturbing new details on Putin’s anti-GMO propaganda campaign designed to sow political discord in the U.S. Genetic Literacy Project, July 11, 2018
- ↑ ICANN, GeneticLiteracyProject.org WHOIS, website registration information, accessed October 19, 2018.
- ↑ Web Archive ESG Clients
- ↑ Alison McCook Following criticism, PLOS removes blog defending scrutiny of science Retraction Watch August 25, 2015
- ↑ Jon Entine, David Warmflash Real story of anti-GMO sensation Rachel Parent: Idealist or pawn of ‘natural’ marketers? Genetic Literacy Project, January 6, 2017
- ↑ Rachel Parent tweet Twitter, Nov. 7, 2017
- ↑ Politico Folta v. Lipton and The New York Times court filing Nov. 1, 2017
- ↑ David Kroll What The New York Times Missed On Kevin Folta And Monsanto's Cultivation Of Academic Scientists Forbes Sept 10, 2015
- ↑ Kavin Senapathy Kevin Folta and Apologies Facebook post, Feb 9, 2018
- ↑ Kevin Folta Your Ancient Past, Weaponized blog, accessed Januray 2019
- ↑ Kevin Folta Mangling Reality and Targeting Jan 3. 2019
- ↑ Eric Lipton emails Document Cloud, accessed Jan. 2019
- ↑ Jonathan Matthews GM Watch Kevin Folta: Omission impossible?" GMWatch May 14, 2018
- ↑ Kevin Folta Where's Folta blog post, March 21, 2018
- ↑ Roxanne Porozinski ["Oh! What A Tangled Web We Weave When First We Practice To Deceive" https://web.archive.org/web/20180413220836/http://www.skepticalnurse.com/2018/04/oh-what-tangled-web-we-weave-when-first.html] April 12, 2018
- ↑ Kavin Senapathy Kevin Folta and Apologies Facebook post, Feb 9, 2018
- ↑ Jump up to: 28.0 28.1 Paul D. Thacker Keith Kloor’s Endearing Love Affair With GMOs HuffPo 7/19/2017
- ↑ Paul D. Thacker lacking for GMOs: How the Biotech Industry Cultivates Positive Media—and Discourages Criticism The Progressive June 21, 2017
- ↑ Carey Gillam How Monsanto Manufactured Outrage At Chemical Cancer Classification It Expected Huffington Post September 19, 2017
- ↑ Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman Law Firm [Monsanto: Glyphosate IARC, Draft baumhedlundlaw.com/pdf/monsanto-documents/72-Document-Details-Monsantos-Goals-After-IARC-Report.pdf] document Feb 23, 2015
- ↑ Kavin Senapathy [https://slate.com/technology/2018/01/why-is-monsanto-inviting-alt-right-hero-jordan-peterson-to-a-fireside-chat-on-farming.html Why Is Monsanto Inviting This Alt-Right Hero to a Fireside Chat on Farming? ] Slate Jan 4, 2018
- ↑ Tabatha Southey Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person? Mclean Magazine Nov. 17, 2017
- ↑ Nathan Robinson THE INTELLECTUAL WE DESERVE Current Affairs March 14, 2018
- ↑ Kevin Folta tweet social media, Jan 8, 2018
- ↑ Kavin Senapathy Kevin Folta and Apologies social media post, Feb 9, 2018
