Archive for 2007
« Previous EntriesPlanting Trees to Keep the Lights On
Friday, December 21st, 2007By: Dennis T. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, VA—It’s the Christmas season, the UN’s Bali conference has just ended, and we should all have trees in our thoughts. The most popular way for people concerned about global warming to offset their “carbon footprints” is to buy carbon credits earned by planting trees. The additional trees absorb additional CO2 in […]
Dennis Avery to Speak at Fertilizer Latin America Conference
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Dennis Avery will be speaking on January 21st at 9:40 AM at the Fertilizer Latin America Conference. http://www.fertilizerlatinamericaconference.crugroup.com The conference is the leading annual event for the Latin American fertilizer industry and is being organized by British Sulphur Events. The primary focus of this 19th annual conference is on the supply and utilization of fertilizers […]
New Site Launched
Friday, December 14th, 2007Center for Global Food Issues is proud to present our new website. We hope you enjoy the fresh new look.
Our Children Should Not be Poisoned by our Food
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007By: Dennis T. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, VA—Buying “organic” or “natural” or “local” meats won’t protect us from the deadly food-borne bacteria E. coli O157. The life-threatening bacterium sickens thousands of people every year, and kills hundreds—too many of them children.
A restaurant owner recently wrote the Minneapolis Star-Tribune claiming that if we raised our cattle on pasture instead […]
Guilt and Global Warming
Thursday, November 29th, 2007By: Dennis T. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, VA—The most awful thing about man-made global warming is that it’s our own fault. It’s our own greedy materialism that has the planet’s climate headed toward disaster. Or so we’re told.
The world has been through climate guilt trips before, however. During the 400 years of the Dark Ages (540 to 950 […]
Avian Flu is Coming: Hide the Chickens Indoors
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007By: Dennis T. Avery and Alex A. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, VA—It’s time to quit playing the “organic and free-range” poultry game. Organic and free range birds carry higher bacterial risks—and now we know they could spread a deadly human flu pandemic.
British authorities have just confirmed a new outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of “bird flu” at […]
What about the Poles?
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007By: Dennis T. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, VA—The global warming alarmists are at it again, shrieking about “ice melt at the Poles.”
“The relentless grip of the Arctic Ocean that defied man for centuries is melting away,” warned Doug Struck in the Washington Post. “The sea ice reaches only half as far as it did 50 years ago. In […]
Taking it one victory at a time
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Alex Avery
October 31, 2007
Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture struck a blow for truth in labeling and consumers last week by banning misleading hormone-, antibiotic-, and pesticide-free claims on milk and other dairy products. Starting next year, only meaningful claims supported by laboratory testing will be allowed on PA milk and dairy food labels. Bottom line: no […]
Center for Consumer Freedom Spokesman Available for Comment on AICR International Cancer Study
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Center for Consumer Freedom Spokesman Available for Comment on AICR International Cancer Study
Center for Consumer Freedom
October 30, 2007
WASHINGTON — Tomorrow, the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) will announce the results of a five-year examination of various causes of cancer at a Washington, DC press conference. AICR is expected to recommend limiting human intake of […]
Biotech Deaths May Already Total Millions
Thursday, October 25th, 2007By: Dennis T. Avery and Alex A. Avery
CHURCHVILLE, VA—The global conflict over high-yield farming became even uglier last week when armed activists “for the landless” invaded a Brazilian biotech research farm. One activist and a security guard were killed and eight other people injured.
Unfortunately, the clash over modern farming technology has already had victims by […]