CANCELLED - Science Silenced
I volunteered to teach this Sunday, on my time, pretty much all day. I was going to be speaking at the 3rd Southern Seed School here in Gainesville FL. Because of complaints to the organizers, I have been removed from the program. It is McCarthy-style removal of someone deemed "controversial" when there is no controversy. I was originally slated to speak in three sessions. 1. The History of the University of Florida Fruit and Vegetable Breeding Programs. I had neat old photos, cool history. 2. Plant Breeding and Genetic Improvement -- a topic with a lot of confusion among local seed-saving enthusiasts. We were going to cover genetics and the need to understand pedigree and if seeds were saved from hybrids. We were going to touch on breeding and genetic improvement techniques from mutation breeding to the future of gene editing. 3. Future Crops for Florida, a topic I have researched extensively and even designed and taught a course on this topic. We were goin