GMO, BT and Glyphosate Geek Out
More Geeking Out on GMO Foods! This time, Richard digs into the more controversial side of genetic modification - making crops that are resistant to pests and pesticides. And to make it even more fun, part of the conversation includes scientists from Monsanto! First up is Bacillus Thuringensis, better known as BT - a biopesticide that is a naturally occurring bacteria found back in 1901. BT is used on organic crops! Today, key genes from BT have been incorporated into plants so that you no longer need to spray BT, it's built in. Then the big topic: glyphosate, also known as Round Up. The most popular herbicide in the world and effective at killing most plants, except for ones that have been genetically modified to resist it. Does the use of Round Up ready crops increase the amount of glyphosate used? What happens when glyphosate is in everything? How do we know it's safe?
Guests:
Carl Franklin
Carl Franklin is a Microsoft MVP for Sensors and Devices, co-host of .NET Rocks! - the longest running .NET podcast (2002), and Executive VP of App vNext. Carl has been a leader in the .NET community since the very beginning with hands-on training, application development and consulting, and community evangelism.
Carl is also an accomplished musician and audio/video producer. In 1999 he started Pwop Studios, a full-service audio and video post production studio in New London, CT, where Carl records and produces the podcasts as well as music and video projects - both for The Franklin Brothers Band and the public. In 2013, Carl released his first solo album, Been a While, which features a tune with legendary jazz/blues guitarist John Scofield on guitar, as well as an incredible group of musicians local to New London, CT.
In 1994, Carl and friend Gary Wisniewski started Carl and Gary's Visual Basic Home Page, the first non-Microsoft VB website on the Internet. He wrote two books on Internet Programming in Visual Basic for John Wiley and Sons and taught VB6, VB.NET and ASP.NET development onsite at many Fortune 500 companies and also at his training facilities in CT.
Richard Campbell
Richard Campbell has been involved with microcomputers and software since 1977. His career has spanned the industry both on the hardware and software sides, from manufacturing to sales, service, game development, line-of-business software and large scale systems. He's been deeply involved in creating new businesses around software, hardware, services and products in a huge range of roles, including technical, management and financing. During the halcyon days of the DotCom Boom he was a consultant to venture capital firms providing technical due diligence and architectural direction.
Today Richard consults with a number of clients on software architecture and future directions of technology. He is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He's a partner in PWOP Productions, creating a variety of multimedia programs including ".NET Rocks!, the Internet Audio Talk Show for .NET Developers" (www.dotnetrocks.com) a podcast produced twice a week for more than 250,000 listeners in 120 countries and The Tablet Show (www.thetabletshow.com), a weekly podcast focused on tablet and mobile development. In addition he's the host of RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com), a podcast for the IT Professional using Microsoft technologies. You'll find Richard at numerous conferences all over the world.
Amiee Hood
Aimee Hood is the Communication Lead on Monsanto’s Regulatory Team. Her team has responsibility for communicating about Monsanto’s portfolio of products to a broad range of audiences. She has been with Monsanto for 21 years, with previous roles in Strategy and Operations, Quality Assurance and Manufacturing. She is proud to be a Monsanto employee and loves to share stories about the great work that the company does and counter misinformation that people hear about Monsanto. She lives in St. Louis with her husband and 2 sons.
Donna Farmer
Dr. Farmer has been with the Monsanto Company for almost 25 years and is a senior toxicologist in the Regulatory Product Safety Center. The Product Safety Center is responsible for enabling registration, Freedom to Operate and ensuring appropriate product stewardship of a diverse product portfolio (Biotech, Chemistry, and Vegetables) through high quality assessments that meet the needs of regulators and other customers. Dr. Farmer has a B.A. in Biology from the University of Colorado and a Ph.D. in Anatomy and Cell Biology from the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. Prior to joining the Monsanto Company, she was an Associate Professor of Anatomy with Tenure at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Chicago, Illinois and a Research Instructor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Farmer has a broad range of research experience and publications including mechanisms of abnormal limb development, cell-cell/cell-matrix interactions in placental function and pesticide toxicology.
Links:
- 2KetoDudes http://2ketodudes.com/
- CropLife https://croplife.org/
- FDA Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/Pesticides/ucm2006797.htm
- GAO Study on the FDA Pesticide Residue Monitoring http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-15-38