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Dr. Emma Kovak

@emmakovak

Senior Food & Agriculture Analyst @TheBTI. she/her/hers. Environmental & climate benefits of biotechnology and plant breeding in agriculture. Plant Biologist.

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Best messages ever tested: Save on energy bills/lowering energy costs; kitchen-sink costs; creating good stable jobs; investments in transit, infra, manufacturing; R&D for clean energy.

Best messages ever tested: Save on energy bills/lowering energy costs; kitchen-sink costs; creating good stable jobs; investments in transit, infra, manufacturing; R&D for clean energy.
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"Protesters who have to explain themselves to the public are losing: Shouting “Planet over profit!” and blocking the entrance to Citigroup...requires little justification. Throwing soup on the Mona Lisa requires a lot of it." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

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Genetically engineered microbes can help adapt agriculture to increasing disease and drought with climate change. But USDA has yet to provide a clear path to market for these beneficial products. thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-ag…

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Great chat with Meeri Kim for Aventine Advances in plant breeding and biotech have helped continue crop yield growth, even with 1.5C global warming. CRISPR is a faster way to make genetic changes and adapt crops to our continually changing climate aventine.org/gene-editing-C…

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In December 2024 a court vacated USDA’s new 2020 regulations for genetically engineered organisms. It’s time to talk about what comes next. This is USDA’s opportunity to create truly risk- and product-based regulations. Our proposal: thebreakthrough.org/issues/food-ag…