Month: November 2013

• Interview with Green State TV

    Last spring I was asked to do an interview for Green State TV (see below) via Skype and it was recently posted.  Rick E, the interviewer, was curious about my switch from anti-GMO to pro-science.  The piece is highly edited and of course, I wish I would have said more but here it is! […]

  JK

  November 21, 2013

  GE, genetic engineering, GMO, Uncategorized

  anti-GMO, biotech, BioTech industry, biotechnology, GE, genetic engineering, genetically modified organism, genetically modified organisms, GM, GMO, pro GMO, pro-science, science, Syngenta

• Sleuth4Health Comments to USDA Regarding Non-Browning Apples

  Below is my comment submitted to the USDA’s APHIS division during the final comment period for the Arctic® Apple, slated to come to market in the US.  The nay-sayers don’t like this apple simply because they don’t like anything associated with biotechnology or genetic engineering. In the world of anti-GMO activism, the entire technology is painted […]

  JK

  November 19, 2013

  GE, genetic engineering, GMO

  agriculture, arctic apples, GE, genetic engineering, genetically modified organism, genetically modified organisms, GMOs, non-browning apple, USDA

• Looking Forward to a Platter of Arctic® Apples

  This past weekend I threw an 80th birthday party for my mother.  The food was pretty simple:  veggie tray with the obligatory container of ranch dip, crackers and cheese, cute cupcakes and a store bought platter of apple slices perfectly placed around a container of gooey carmel sauce. Concerned that the apples would turn brown […]

  JK

  November 11, 2013

  GE, genetic engineering, GMO, Uncategorized

  agriculture, apples, arctic apples, biotechnology, GE, genetic engineering, genetically modified organism, genetically modified organisms, GM, GMO, GMOs

• Organic Is Always Superior To Conventional – Right?

  Please enjoy this article by Scientific American Blogger Christie Wilcox that busts some über popular myths about organic farming MYTHBUSTING 101:  ORGANIC FARMING > CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURE People believe a lot of things that we have little to no evidence for, like that vikings wore horned helmets or that you can see the Great Wall of […]

  JK

  November 2, 2013

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