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Yearly Archives: 2002
New Swiss Study Confirms Sharply Lower Yields From Organic Crops
Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—Long-term field tests by a Swiss organic farming institute, as reported in Science on May 31, confirm that organic crops yield little more than half as much per acre as conventional farmers’ fields. The Research Institute … Continue reading
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Global Warming Didn’t Hurt Italian Agriculture
Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—Climate alarmists are fond of telling us that global warming will threaten our farms and food supplies by causing more droughts, floods and storms. But 122 years of detailed climate records from the University of Pisa, … Continue reading
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Bashing Bill Gates–For His Good Works
Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—Poor Bill Gates. His computer operating system was so good everybody uses it—so the government charged him with being a monopoly. Now Gates is giving away a chunk of his billions to help women and kids … Continue reading
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The Cancerous Legacy Of Rachel Carson
Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—Six women in one of my neighbor families have breast cancer. Statistically, only one woman in eleven will contract it. The family told the local newspaper that it must be the pesticides sprayed by nearby farmers. … Continue reading
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“Natural†and Organic Foods 8 Times More Likely to Have Safety and Recall Problems
Download PDF Organic and “all natural†products are revealed to be 8 times more likely to be recalled for safety related problems than conventional products, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada records.
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Today’s High-Yield Farming and Improved Seeds Can Defeat World Hunger–If We Have The Will
This article was written by Senators George McGovern and Rudy Boschwitz WASHINGTON, DC—Our only hope of staving off a global pandemic of starvation and wildlands destruction in the first half of this new century is to revive the Green Revolution … Continue reading
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Endangering Tropical Forests With Good Intentions
Dennis T. Avery and Dr. Douglas Southgate WASHINGTON, DC—One of the few places in Latin America where species-rich forests are not being lost is a Multiple Use Zone of 1.2 million acres located in northern Guatemala. In a country where … Continue reading
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Will Teddy Kennedy Preserve The Antibiotics To Protect Our Kids?
Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—Senator Teddy Kennedy of Massachusetts recently introduced a bill that would ban all non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production. He calls it the Preservation of Antibiotics for Human Treatment Act of 2002. The … Continue reading
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Why Not A Declaration for Sustainable Farming And Forestry?
Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—The Hudson Institute is hosting a new web-based “Declaration in Support of Protecting Nature With High-Yield Farming and Forestryâ€. It’s already been signed by two Nobel Peace Prize winners, a co-founder of Greenpeace, former Democratic Senator … Continue reading
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Did We Invite The Animal Rights Murder?
Dennis T. Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—A vegan animal-rights militant, Volkert van der Graaf, is charged with the May 6th assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. So much for the general impression that vegetarians and animal rights activists are gentle, slightly quirky, … Continue reading
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