Yearly Archives: 2006

USDA WASHINGTON, July 20, 2006 – Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon begin transitioning to an ongoing Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) surveillance program that corresponds to the extremely low prevalence of the … Continue reading →

Who says biotech crops help only big farmers? In South Africa, small farmers have gained important food security by shifting to genetically modified varieties of their staple food, white corn, because it resists the corn borers that abound in South … Continue reading →

USDA Press Office “Today, Canada announced a case of BSE in a 50 month old animal from Alberta. While the United States and Canada have a strong system in place to protect animal and human health, the diagnosis of BSE … Continue reading →

Al Gore’s movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” says human-emitted CO2 will boost the earth’s temperatures enough to melt the Arctic ice cap—and suddenly raise sea levels by 20 feet. Phooey. First of all, let’s understand just how cold the Antarctic is. … Continue reading →

Roy Moore of Denver’s Maverick Ranch Natural Meats has laid out on his website a very solid rationale for raising hormone-aided beef. Moore notes that all plants and animals produce hormones. “They are essential for life. . .When hormones are … Continue reading →

CHURCHVILLE, VA—The National Academy of Sciences is flunking as the referee in the global warming debate. The Academy was supposed to referee an acrimonious debate in Congress and the science community over the infamous “hockey stick” global warming studies. Those … Continue reading →

Most farms in the United States—98 percent in 2003—are family farms. They are organized as proprietorships, partnerships, or family corporations. Even the largest farms tend to be family farms. Very large family farms account for a small share of farms … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—The Washington Post is wailing about the environmental ruination of that great ecological wonder, the Canadian tar sands. Canada’s Athabasca Basin holds more hydrocarbons (oil) than anyplace else in the world. It has a huge patch of … Continue reading →

Dennis Avery and Alex Avery CHURCHVILLE, VA—Wal-Mart recently sold 190,000 yoga outfits made from organic cotton through its Sam’s Club stores. The Organic Exchange cheered, and announced that Wal-Mart had just saved the planet’s cotton fields from being sprayed with … Continue reading →

Chicago Tribune, Letters to the Editor June 13, 2006 This is in response to Tribune health and fitness reporter Julie Deardorff’s June 4 column in the Q section, “Twins theory may make you have a cow.” We are disappointed that … Continue reading →