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Monday, October 17th, 2005Dennis Avery
Europe’s organic and free range poultrymen have just won the right to encourage the spread of the deadly avian flu.
Health authorities are warning globally of a bird flu pandemic that could kill millions of people and hundreds of millions of domestic ducks and chickens. A deadly new strain of the virus, H5N1, has […]
Will the Greens Apologize to New Orleans?
Monday, September 26th, 2005Dennis Avery
When will the environmentalists apologize to the people of New Orleans? For decades, the Greens have sued to stop virtually every effort to strengthen the city’s levees. They also prevented the construction of floodgates at the sea entrances of Lake Pontchartrain that could have stopped the storm surge from reaching the city at […]
Africa Fighting Malaria News Release
Sunday, September 11th, 2005EMBARGOED until 00:01am (EST) Wednesday, 28 September 2005
German commercial interests kill African children: opposition to DDT increases malaria in Uganda
93% of Uganda’s population is at risk from malaria, with millions of cases and thousands of deaths annually. But senior management within German chemical giant Bayer Crop Sciences is putting commercial profit above the lives of […]
The Myth of Easter Island’s Eco-Collapse
Sunday, August 28th, 2005Dennis Avery
Best-selling authors Jared Diamond (Collapse) and Thor Heyerdahl (Kon-Tiki) have given us a compelling legend of environmental collapse on Easter Island, the remote Pacific isle famous for its huge carved stone heads.
Diamond and Heyerdahl tell us that the Easter Islanders overpopulated their land area, and over-cut the palm trees—destroying their means of building […]
No More Chicken Run
Sunday, August 28th, 2005Alex Avery and Dennis Avery
This article was published in the Wall Street Journal, Europe
Factory farming is healthier: for animals and people. That’s the take-home message as Dutch health authorities this week ordered free-range poultry farmers to bring inside their five million outdoor birds. There the birds will be less vulnerable to catching or spreading the […]
“Feast Or Famine” News Release
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005Program Mission Statement
“Feast Or Famine” is an educational program focused on telling the public how their food is really produced, and the farming’s real impacts on the environment. The series will look in-depth at agricultural, earth and environmental sciences. Each segment will be shot on location, with expert interviews from top scientific organizations, thought leaders […]
Local Farmers Write Letters To The Editor
Thursday, August 11th, 2005One Man’s Farm Isn’t All Of Farming
The News Leader has carried many fine stories about Joel Salatin’s Polyface farm. Monday’s was no exception. Sadly, Joel lacks the good graces to avoid seizing these opportunities to malign fellow farmers who don’t adhere to his methods. I have silently endured his pointed, snide remarks towards fellow farmers […]
Response to PimentelResponse to Pimentel response which was not published in Science
Friday, August 5th, 2005Dr. David Pimentel’s response to our letter in Science(2005, vol. 307:1410-1411) misconstrues some of our points and is simply wrong in other areas.
First, Pimentel incorrectly claims that we equated herbicide tolerant crops (HT) with no-till cultivation systems. We clearly stated that HT crops facilitate both low- and no-till cropping systems, not just no-till. Low-tillage cropping […]
Europe To Reverse Ban On Caged Laying Hens
Monday, August 1st, 2005Dennis Avery
The European Union will apparently reverse its 1999 mandate to phase out cages for millions of egg-laying chickens. The European Food Safety Authority’s has just completed a five-year study in 20 countries that found eliminating the cages will produce too much additional disease for the chickens, too much risk for humans-and too much cannibalism […]
Letter to Parents Magazine
Friday, July 29th, 2005Alex Avery
Having just finished the manuscript to a forthcoming book on the mythical benefits of organic food and farming (Harvest of Illusions: the myth of an organic utopia) and as the proud parent of a 16 month-old boy, I was thrilled to see that you have dared to take on the organic con industry […]