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Yearly Archives: 2009
DROUGHT: THE REAL AND UNSTOPPABLE DANGER, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA—By 2050, 25 million more children will go hungry as climate change leads to food crisis, says the highly respected International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C. IFPRI, however, incorrectly links the prediction and the solutions, to man-made … Continue reading
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Tagged Avery, CGFI, drought, Global Warming, Hunger, hungry, ifpri, international policy research institute, population growth
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SCIENCE TO SAVE THE CHESAPEAKE BAY, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA: The Chesapeake Bay is in eco-collapse. The once-clear waters are clouded with sediment, so the eel-grass cannot grow across the bottom for baby crabs to hide in. The oysters, which once filtered every bit of the bay’s water … Continue reading
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Tagged CGFI, chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, eco, environment, farm, Global Warming, oysters, pollution
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BORLAUG: FEEDING THE HUNGRY, SAVING THE WILDLIFE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA—It was 1950. World War II, with its 40 million deaths, was over. Doctors were conquering smallpox with vaccines, protecting millions from malaria and typhus with new pesticides, and treating infections with the miraculous new antibiotics.  Then we … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Avery, CGFI, Food, food supply, Global Warming, Green Revolution, Hunger, organic, wildlife
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OHIO OFFERS NEW APPROACH TO ANIMAL RIGHTS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA—Meat production has always been somewhat awkward, both for the farmer and the consumer as it always involves the death of the meat animals. Milk and eggs have meant “protective custody†for the dairy cows and laying hens.  … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, Avery, CGFI, dairy, egg, eggs, livestock, meat, peta
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SAVING TREES WITH KEROSENE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
If a traveler on Continental Airlines pays an optional $5 surcharge to plant a tree as a “carbon offset†how much difference will it make to the planet? Traveling Americans are paying millions of dollars to plant hundreds of thousands … Continue reading
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Tagged Avery, carbon offset, CGFI, Global Warming, kerosene, livestock, tree, trees
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THE FATAL ERROR IN ORGANIC: FERTILIZER, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA—Rudolph Steiner, a founder of organic farming in the 1920s, started the “great organic nitrogen swindle†that threatens the world with hunger to this day. Steiner didn’t believe in nutrients, he believed in “vital forces.â€Â He said a cow … Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, Avery, CGFI, cow, farm, farming, fertilizer, Food, Global Warming, Hunger, manure, organic
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BRITAIN DONATING MILLIONS FOR BIOTECH CROPS (but not in Britain), BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA—Britain has pledged more than US$150 million over the next five years to support high-tech food crops for the world’s poorest countries—primarily through genetic engineering.  The irony? Britain does not yet allow any biotech foods to be grown … Continue reading
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Tagged Avery, biotech, britain, CGFI, eco-activists, famine, Food, genetics, Global Warming, high-tech food crops
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TRYING TO REPLAY THE 1980’S SALMON CRISIS, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA—British Columbia’s Fraser River is suffering a salmon collapse, says Canada’s Globe and Mail. “It’s beyond a crisis!†warns a fishing advisor to the Fraser’s Indian tribes. The Watershed Watch Salmon Society says the Fraser should have had 10–13 … Continue reading
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Tagged Avery, CGFI, fishing, fraser river, Global Warming, Salmon, watershed watch salmon society
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GIVING UP MEAT TO SAVE THE PLANET?, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
One of the persistent, shallow global food myths is that the world could feed more people if we gave up eating meat. Ezra Klein wrote another misguided column about this—“The Meat of the Problemâ€â€”in the Washington Post of July 29. … Continue reading
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Tagged carnegie mellon university, CGFI, CO2, global food, Global Warming, livestock, vegetarian
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ORGANIC FOOD: JUST A SUPERSTITION, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
CHURCHVILLE, VA-The Green Movement has been called “the new religion.†It surely isn’t that. Religion is a belief in a higher power than humanity. The Green movement believes nothing is more powerful than a press release from the Sierra Club … Continue reading
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Tagged Avery, CGFI, green movement, health, nutritional, organic, organic food, sierra club
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