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Archive for December, 2007

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Planting Trees to Keep the Lights On

By: 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 [...]

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Dennis Avery to Speak at Fertilizer Latin America Conference

Dennis 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 [...]

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New Site Launched

Center for Global Food Issues is proud to present our new website. We hope you enjoy the fresh new look.

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Our Children Should Not be Poisoned by our Food

By: 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 [...]

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Fearing Frog Deformities: Media and Environmentalists Croaking in the Wind

Junk Science: Fearing Frog Deformities: Media and Environmentalists Croaking in the Wind