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AS231: Dr. Kevin Folta, Part 2

Serious Inquiries Only

Thomas Smith

News, Atheism, Skepticism, Democrat, Left, Liberal, Politics, News Commentary, Progressive, Religion

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It’s part 2 with Kevin! Lots more on GMOs and labeling controversies. Also, I found out WE AREN’T EVEN USING FISH GENES. My mind is blown. I’ve been defending something we weren’t even doing. Though I still maintain it would be totally fine if we were doing it!

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0:00.0

You're listening to, atheistically speaking. Oh, Hello and welcome am your host.

0:35.0

I am your host.

0:37.0

All right, I've got an exciting part two with Dr. Kevin Folta.

0:41.0

It was a lot of fun.

0:42.0

This part's even more action-packed than part one if I... Dr. Kevin Folta, it was a lot of fun.

0:42.6

This part's even more action-packed than part one,

0:44.8

if I did say so myself.

0:46.4

So let's get right to that. What can you explain, sorry, further ignorance, what exactly does organic mean these days?

1:09.8

And is it's a

1:13.3

a label that makes sense really?

1:15.0

Well, what it is is it's a different production method.

1:19.0

So, all it means is that you have, so when we think about the way we grow plants we have

1:24.7

genetics and we have the production methods methods and what organic is is it's a

1:29.8

production system where the land has not had any synthetic chemicals on it for three years.

1:35.0

It's certified as organic, meaning that you can only use natural pesticides, natural insecticides,

1:42.0

so you can use things like copper to control bacteria.

1:46.3

You can use BT, which is the same thing that's in the GM oak corn.

1:50.8

BT is a powder bacterial spore of suspension that you can put on plants and grow them in

1:57.2

organic context. And you're just not allowed to use synthetic herbicides or fertilizers or insecticides.

2:04.1

So that, I mean, is that something you would in general not really be in favor of?

2:10.4

I mean, it sounds like, A, it sounds like it would be more expensive than it is but also it it sounds like it's not

2:17.1

Utilizing a lot of good science that we could be utilizing well that's true it doesn't utilize so if it's up to me if it's

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