Yearly Archives: 2003

Thanks to the Brits, Mad Cow Won’t Claim U.S. Victims

Dennis Avery Despite the headlines, “mad cow disease” is unlikely to claim a single human victim in this country. The reason is simple. The British have already paid the human price for learning about this apparently new and fatal disease, … Continue reading

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Peter Jennings Fails to Help Viewers Understand Obesity

Dennis Avery More Americans are more overweight than ever before, and the trend is worst among our young people. Peter Jennings had a whole hour of national network TV time last week to talk about this important and growing problem. … Continue reading

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Welcoming Weeds Back To Civilization

Dennis Avery A committee of the California legislature recently voted to ban hand-weeding on the State’s commercial farms. California wants its weeds controlled without anybody having to bend, squat, crouch, or kneel-thus risking degenerative back problems. Concurrently, other activists want … Continue reading

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21st Century Consumer War: Mythical Organic Utopia versus High Yield Conservation

Alex Avery Presented December 11, 2003 National Agricultural Aviators Association Reno, Nevada For two decades, an epic war has engulfed society between those who look backward toward a fictional natural past – an organic utopia – and those who look … Continue reading

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Did “Animal Rightists” Inject Rat Poison Into Swedish Meat?

Dennis Avery Zealots have apparently struck another blow at the civility of modern society, this time in broadly-tolerant Sweden. Swedish police are dealing with two cases in which “animal rights” activists may have injected rat poison into meat in supermarkets. … Continue reading

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A Thanksgiving That We Should Be Thankful For

Dennis Avery As my family gathers at the Thanksgiving feast this year, I am thankful that a larger percentage of the world’s people than ever before enjoy food abundance. I am thankful that last winter’s famine in southern Africa was … Continue reading

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UN Global Warming Panel Preparing to Scare Again

Dennis Avery The UN’s global warming panel is cooking up another scary report for 2004. Their 1996 report, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, fraudulently claimed it saw “a discernible human influence” on the current climate. The IPCC is … Continue reading

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Hogs and Water Quality: Review Fails to Find Any Hog Impact

Download PDF This extensive review of state-collected water quality data from North Carolina, conducted by Dr. Dwayne R. Edwards from the University of Kentucky, was sponsored by Frontline Farmers, Inc., a group of North Carolina hog farmers. We are honored … Continue reading

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Organic Farmers Cry Foul on Toxic Corn Meal Recall

Dennis Avery I’ve just received a harsh critique-from the President of California’s organic farmers- on a recent column about Britain recalling all six tested brands of organic corn meal. All six contained very high levels of fumonisin, a natural fungal … Continue reading

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Key Global Warming Study Found Flawed

Dennis Avery One of the most influential scientific studies supporting the case for man-made global warming has just been publicly condemned for “poor data handling, selective use of sources, reliance on obsolete versions of source data and erroneous statistical calculations.” … Continue reading

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