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By Alex Avery on October 27th, 1999

Greenpeace and the Pretense of Virtue

Alex A. Avery
Greenpeace is waging all-out war on genetically modified foods “to protect Mother Nature” and plans to invade Seattle next month to disrupt the World Trade Organization’s trade liberalization efforts. They and other environmental groups contend that biotech food presents too many health and environmental risks. Besides, they say, biotechnology is merely another way [...]

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By Alex Avery on October 22nd, 1999

Clinton, Like Robin Hood’s Nemesis, Seizes The Forest

Dennis T. Avery
By Barring Americans From Their Forests,
King Clinton Makes the Sheriff Of Nottingham Look Generous
CHURCHVILLE, Va.-In 13th century England, the forests belonged to the king. According to legend, Robin Hood and his band of merry men ate the king’s deer-after roasting them over campfires courtesy of the king’s firewood.
In the time the Robin Hood [...]

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By Alex Avery on October 01st, 1999

The Global “Population Bomb” Fizzles Out

Dennis T. Avery
The Arrival Of Earth’s 6 Billionth Resident Is A Cause For Celebration, Not Worry
CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Give a cheer for the world’s 6 billionth human resident, due to arrive on the planet just in time for World Food Day on Oct. 16.
We should be proud to welcome the newest baby to a planet with a [...]

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By Alex Avery on September 24th, 1999

Strange Days In Seattle…An Eco-Protest At The WTO

Dennis T. Avery
Free Trade And Biotechnology Help Feed The World.
But That’s Not Good Enough For Greens Aiming To Disrupt The November Summit
CHURCHVILLE, Va.-Farm trade reform is the best hope of future prosperity for the world’s farmers.
It is also the best hope for saving Asia’s rain forests and their wildlife from the increasing appetites and affluence [...]

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By Alex Avery on August 27th, 1999

Golden Rice Could Combat Third World Malnutrition

Dennis T. Avery
The New Rice, Rich In Vitamin A, Could Sharply Boost The Health Of Poor Nations –
Unless Anti-Tech Activists Block It
Bridge News CHURCHVILLE, Va.–Two of the world’s most persistent sources of human malnutrition may soon be overcome. Swiss researchers and the New York- based Rockefeller Foundation have developed new genetically modified rice plants.
The new [...]

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By Alex Avery on August 01st, 1999

Dairy Compacts Set Poor Trade Precedent

Dave Juday
Farm Journal Guest Viewpoint
Some dairy farmers are pursuing misguided regional compacts that could inflict further harm on struggling sectors of U.S. agriculture. Compacts set the price processors must pay for milk in a region. Already there is a compact in New England the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact (NEIDC), which dairy producers want to expand [...]

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By Alex Avery on July 15th, 1999

Europe Engaged In A Phony War On Biotechnology

Dennis T. Avery
EU Selfishly Hides Behind Farm Trade Barriers While Attacking
Scientific Advances In The Fight Against Hunger
CHURCHVILLE, Va.–Europe’s govern-ments, after frightening their own consumers about the safest food supply in world history, are now making a huge effort to share their food panic with the rest of the world.
They are doing this for shabby political [...]

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By Alex Avery on July 12th, 1999

Sour, Curdled, and Gross: How Congress got milk wrong

Dave Juday
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION by National Review
Of all the issues that Congress deals with, perhaps none is less glamourous to members than agriculture policy. As Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) noted last year, some of his colleagues “don’t even know we passed a farm bill in 1996.” But that bill – commonly referred to as the [...]

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By Alex Avery on July 01st, 1999

Scaring Consumers Away from Good Health

Alex A. Avery
The Environmental Protection Agency, in its zeal to rid the world of pesticides, fails to mention the hazards of dangerous strains of food-borne pathogens that may be present in organically grown “natural” foods.
Featured at your local supermarket are unwarranted fear, innuendo and bad advice from the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has begun [...]

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By Alex Avery on June 25th, 1999

Bangladesh Still Floods, But No Longer Starves

Dennis T. Avery
Bangladesh Is Opening Its Doors To Industrialization And Beginning To Thrive
CHURCHVILLE, Va.–Bangladesh had the worst floods in its history last year. In other words, the country suffered its worst flooding since Noah stepped off the Ark.
Bangladesh is one of the most flood-prone countries in the world. Essentially, it’s the flood plain where two [...]

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