Coen Frederiks

Agriculture and nature fan, Regulatory Affairs at EuropaBio, personal views here.

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

The amount Elon Musk just paid for Twitter ($44 billion) is nearly equal to Biden’s proposed climate budget ($44.9 billion), in case anyone's wondering how seriously we’re taking the climate crisis

[Hidde Boersma @Hiddemhigh]

Minder genuanceerd: dat we hier het coronavaccin niet kunnen testen is te danken aan antigentechgekkies.

[Ralf Reski 🇩🇪🇪🇺 @ReskiLab]

Everybody who believes natural is the best may think again.
#COVID2019 #coronavirus

[Violeta Georgieva @VioletaGeor]

Our @EuropaBio blog on how #Biotech🧬helps strike genetic #RareDiseases at their root is out ↘️
#RareDiseaseDay

[Sander Smit, MEP ن 🍀 @sandersmitwzn]

Groot verlies dit. @EU_Commission moet hiermee echt aan de slag! #NBTs #investmentleakage

[Chaotically Science @drpepperis100]

Warning: Flashing colors

This week in my DM’s I’ve gotten things like:

“All chemicals are bad”
“We should only eat natural products”
“ All GMOs are bad for you”

While it’s not bad to eat natural stuff, this is also something that should be debunked

*cue TikTok

[Dirk Inze @InzeDirk]

The website of EU-SAGE, European Sustainable Agriculture through Genome Editing, is now online https://t.co/3W7psEfcmV Crop improvement by genome editing is pivotal for realizing the #GreenDeal and European food security and safety #EUSAGE

[Darren Kinsella @KinsellaDE]

Commissioner @SKyriakidesEU told us all today "cancer is persistent, but so is science" - we @EuropaBio prepared a blog on what #biotech is doing in the fight against it - https://t.co/xfqHNnAkkp #EUBeatsCancer #WorldCancerDay

[Coen Frederiks @FrederiksCoen]

Another year with increased cultivation of #GMOs, now covering more than 5 times the surface area of Germany.

[ISAAA Inc. @isaaa_org]

26 countries planted #biotechcrops in 2018, with Indonesia and eSwatini planting Bt cotton and biotech sugarcane for the first time. Download this infographic to learn more about biotech crops grown in 2018: https://t.co/WBLh4Ynlyo #GMCrops2018 #ISAAAReport2018

[Be the change you want to be @AgBioWorld]

Any questions?

[Darren Kinsella @KinsellaDE]

Full house @FipraI for @WA_LifeSciences. @VioletaGeor now sharing her excitement about the "medical revolution" in Healthcare #Biotechnology - @EuropaBio ready to work with @Eu_health to promote science in Europe #WomenTalkLifeSciences

[Coen Frederiks @FrederiksCoen]

French MEP calling for a realist #EU farm to fork strategy which considers all options, including #plant #breeding #innovation. @EU_Health; @EuropaBio; @GMOinfoEU.

https://t.co/795QVKcedZ.

[Beat Späth @BeatSpath]

US agriculture chief urges EU to listen to science, not fear-mongering NGOs https://t.co/qva3ERirZ7

[Liza Lockwood @DrLizaMD]

Sunday’s food for thought: How does the butterfly label affect customers?

57,000+ labeled products - most have no GM counterpart.

Check out the $ differential between labeled & unlabeled 🍅

Cost of “verification” directly passed on to the consumer👇

https://t.co/5QrhlRLxMm

[Mark Lynas @mark_lynas]

Disappointed to see that the memory of the great climate scientist Stephen Schneider was besmirched by a lecture in his name given by Indian anti-science fraud Vandana Shiva. Shiva denies scientific consensus - why is she hosted by a climate institute? https://t.co/p9Auv21Q3z

[Hannah Ritchie @_HannahRitchie]

‘Eat local’ is common advice for a low-carbon diet.

But this has little impact on your carbon footprint.

Transport accounts for only 6% of food emissions.

Focus instead on *what* you eat. Food choices > food miles.

Latest @OurWorldinData article: https://t.co/kaCxkzExyj

[Coen Frederiks @FrederiksCoen]

That's an easy one: GMOs affect farmers by i.a. increasing yields (leaving more space for biodiversity), lowering inputs and reducing ghg emissions. Be sure to visit @EuropaBio 's website or @GMOinfoEU when looking for answers to next week's FAQ.

[Non-GMO Project @NonGMOProject]

Weekly Wednesday FAQ: How do GMOs affect farmers?

Because GMOs are novel life forms, biotechnology companies have been able to obtain patents with which to restrict their use.

[Dirk Inze @InzeDirk]

An important message of the European Agrobusiness organisations on how plant breeding using #genomeediting can contribute to the #greendeal goals. European scientists are strongly supporting this letter to the @EU_Commission. The climate crisis requires that politicians act now!