Yearly Archives: 2008

WILL WE SUFFER GLOBAL FAMINE, AGAIN? By: DENNIS AVERY, Hudson Institute

CHURCHVILLE, VA—Do today’s soaring food prices and Third World food riots mean we’re headed for global famine?   Not any time soon—if we suspend the biofuels mandates quickly. Unfortunately, if we keep burning corn, wheat, and palm oil in our … Continue reading

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SATELLITE INDICATES 23-YEAR GLOBAL COOLING

BY DENNIS T. AVERY   CHURCHVILLE VA—Now it’s not just the sunspots that predict a 23-year global cooling. The new Jason oceanographic satellite shows that 2007 was a “cool” La Nina year—but Jason also says something more important is at … Continue reading

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Updated:New Beef Eco-Report

New Beef Eco-Report: Pound-for-pound, beef produced with grains and growth hormones produces 40% less greenhouse gas emissions and saves two-thirds more land for nature compared to organic grass-fed beef. Continue reading

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Hundreds More Scientists Have Found the 1,500-Year Climate Cycle

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008:  The following list includes more than 400 additional qualified scientists, with their home institutions, and the peer-reviewed studies they have published in professional journals, which reveal evidence of the moderate 1,500-year Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles. … Continue reading

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Global Temperatures Have Dropped: Did Sunspots Predict It?

By Dennis T. Avery, Hudson Institute CHURCHVILLE, VA—Three of the world’s major climate monitors have announced that the earth’s temperatures dropped over the last 12 months—by enough to virtually offset the entire “unprecedented warming” of the last century. This comes … Continue reading

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IFIC video – “What’s for Lunch?

This short YouTube friendly video addresses consumer concerns about food choice from the International Food Information Council Foundation(IFIC). This humorous and entertaining look at how food is grown and produced is aimed at those who are uncertain about the differences between … Continue reading

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“What’s for Lunch?” Video from IFIC Addresses Consumer Concerns About School Lunch Choices

International Food Information Council Foundation posts humorous school lunch video in popular You Tube space. Washington, DC (PRWEB) February 19, 2008 — Introducing “What’s for Lunch?,” a short YouTube friendly video that addresses consumer concerns about food choice from the … Continue reading

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Will Nuclear and Biotech Save Us From Global Warming?

By:  Dennis T. Avery   Nuclear power and genetically engineered rice are set to help rescue the world from global warming. This isn’t really what anti-tech activists had in mind when they launched the campaign against fossil fuels, hoping to … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals For The Ag Community Focused On A Strong, Prosperous 2008

by Dan Murphy    1/7/2008 1:50:00 PM  As 2008 begins a critical year for all of agriculture, AgNetwork.com reviews the goals and priorities from a select group of advocacy groups and trade associations. Some of those are entirely predictable – … Continue reading

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New Year’s Resolution: Organic Farming Can’t Feed The World

By:  Dennis T. Avery and Alex A. Avery   CHURCHVILLE, VA—We’re already sacrificing our energy sources to “save the planet.” Now the Greens want us to give up food as well.  Last summer, a University of Michigan study announced that … Continue reading

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