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Wednesday, November 7th, 2001Dennis T. Avery
“What If Cipro Stopped working?” was the November 3rd headline over a New York Times commentary piece obviously designed to scare us about death from anthrax. The authors of the commentary say inaccurately that the widespread use of an antibiotic similar to Cipro in chickens “has already been shown to decrease Cipro’s effectiveness […]
Replacing Moslem Despair With Hope Through Food Security
Thursday, October 25th, 2001Dennis T. Avery
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Famine is stalking the Moslems of Afghanistan, as famine has stalked the arid Moslem landscapes so often in the past. The ferocity of today’s Moslem extremists mirrors the historic harshness of the Middle East and its precarious food supply. To promote stability, one major task facing the United States and […]
The Tomato That Ate Chicago: Part Two?
Friday, October 5th, 2001Dennis T. Avery
Anti-Tech Gadfly’s Attempt To Tab Bio-Foods As Next Terror Weapon Smacks of Desperation
WASHINGTON, D.C .- The second most awful thing about the terrorist hijackings is watching activists attach their agendas to the horror of the World Trade Center.
Anti-tech gadfly Jeremy Rifkin, for example, has been campaigning against biotechnology for years and suddenly […]
Salmon Runs In The Pacific Northwest
Friday, September 7th, 2001Dennis T. Avery
The Environmental Movement Owes Us Honest Assessments of Wildlife Problems.
Today’s Huge Salmon Runs Indicate We’re Not Getting That
CHURCHVILLE, Va .– The states of Oregon and Washington are in the midst of the biggest salmon runs in 60 years. Never mind all the wailing you’ve heard about the salmon being endangered by logging, […]
Unearthing the Truth About Organic Food
Wednesday, September 5th, 2001Dennis T. Avery and Alex A. Avery
The Soil Association finally admitted in August 2001 that the ‘perception that organic food “is better for you” appears to have been largely based on intuition rather than conclusive evidence’.
But now the organic-promoting organisation claims that it has ‘indicative evidence suggesting’ that organic foods might have slightly more nutrients […]
U.S. bio-tech ingenuity can ease hunger, provide better jobs in the world
Sunday, September 2nd, 2001Dennis T. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, Va - As Americans looked forward to their Labor Day celebrations, a college-student friend returned from her summer project in the highlands of Honduras. There, the biggest problem is a lack of jobs.
Phyllis says the only work available near her project village of Buenos Aires is in the coffee plantations, hacking weeds […]
Use Of Antibiotics On The Farm Is No Threat To Humans
Friday, August 31st, 2001Dennis T. Avery
In the US, The Campaign Against Veterinary Use Of Antibiotics Is Discouraging Research
On Antibiotics That Could Protect Our Food Animals
CHURCHVILLE, Va.–National Public Radio recently broadcast a frightening report. It claimed that the use of antibiotics on farm animals may result in those same antibiotics no longer working against human bacterial diseases, because […]
Conservation Reserve Program The Ultimate Misnomer
Friday, August 24th, 2001Dennis T. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, Va.- Howard Buffet is an Illinois agri-businessman and a widely published wildlife photographer who has traveled the Third World. Howard has given me permission to excerpt from his recent letter to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Democrat of South Dakota.
“Dear Senator Daschle: “I am writing to ask you to consider several factors, […]
Farmers Must Take Their Case To City Folks
Friday, August 17th, 2001Dennis T. Avery
Farm Groups Need To Show Up At The Big Eco-Demonstrations
With A Few Imaginative Costumes of Their Own
CHURCHVILLE, Va.– Farmers are tired of seeing their TV sets dominated by activists. Whether its guys in black masks breaking windows to protest farm exports, or kids in butterfly costumes telling the city folks that genetically engineered […]
Making Room For Farming And Wildlife In Africa
Friday, August 10th, 2001Dennis T. Avery
Africa Has To Use Its Farmland More Intensively if the Continent is to
Retain Its Unique Wildlife Diversity
CHURCHVILLE, Va.–”Improvement in the way that farmers manage their natural resources can allow many different wild species to find homes within and around farms with no reductions and sometimes with increases in crop yields,” says a new […]