Yearly Archives: 2003

Dennis Avery The British government has just completed extensive three-year field trials of genetically modified rapeseed, sugar beets, and corn. The journal Science reported that “Cultivation of [genetically modified] beets and rapeseed clearly had deleterious effects on wildlife and native … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery My neighbors are unhappy to learn that the trash they’ve carefully sorted for years into brown bottles, green bottles, cans, and paper is being dumped back into one pile at the local landfill. Except for aluminum cans, no … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery and Alex Avery Great Britain has recalled all six tested brands of organic corn meal from its food stores after they were found to contain dangerous levels of fumonisin, a cancer-causing natural toxin produced by a fungus. The … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is refusing to commit his country to the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, thus preventing the treaty from going into effect. Countries representing 55 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions must sign the … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery Maybe it’s the more serious mood of the country since terrorists hit the World Trade Center. Maybe it’s the now-foreseeable end of the global population surge (about 2035, at 8-9 billion people). Whatever the reason, American “thought leaders” … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery The superbugs aren’t showing up. In a major disappointment for environmental activists, insects are not building up resistance to the genetically-engineered Bt corn and cotton that have been planted on millions of acres around the world since 1995. … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery The Cancun world trade talks have collapsed-in large part because of agriculture. The United States and the European Union waited one trade round too long to give up their now-counterproductive farm subsidies. As a result, U.S. farmers may … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery The environmental movement is telling us that global warming might cause a mass extinction of wild species. This is a serious concern, since the Earth has clearly been warming for 150 years, either due to human activities or … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery What if organic fruit and vegetable growers could prove that their produce is 10 to 15 percent more effective in combating cancer than conventional fruits and vegetables? Customers would flock to their doors offering to pay triple (up … Continue reading →