Huber's Letter to My Superiors
Four years ago this week I attended a talk by anti-GMO darling Dr. Don M. Huber, Emeritus Professor affiliated with Purdue University. In his presentation, Huber made reference to his Molecular Bigfoot, a mysterious new organism that only he has seen, that is harbored on Roundup Ready crops. And it kills you and gives your kids autism. The magical organism is a central part of his campaign to spread fear around modern agriculture, and he travels the globe misleading audiences and invoking fear from authoritative credentials. As I've always said, he has a solid record and history. That's what makes his fear campaign more deplorable. Here are some things you don't know about the story, mostly because I decided not to make a big deal of it. I will now. He's still out peddling his nonsense, so it is appropriate to show more about who he really is. The Slide at PAG The Plant-Animal Genome Conference brings many people together in my discipline. It is the place w