Yearly Archives: 2005

Dennis 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 … Continue reading →

Dennis 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 … Continue reading →

EMBARGOED 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 … Continue reading →

Dennis 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 … Continue reading →

Alex 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 … Continue reading →

Program 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. … Continue reading →

One 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 … Continue reading →

Dennis 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 … Continue reading →

Alex 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 … Continue reading →