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GLOBAL WARMING EVERY 1,500 YEARS–WHAT IT MEANS FOR ENGINEERING, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

Hysteria over global warming has gripped the affluent countries of the world. -Climate modelers claim the earth’s temperature could be boosted an astounding 11 degrees C by the additional CO2 being released into the atmosphere as humans burn fossil fuels. … Continue reading

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Meeting The Needs Of A Hungrey World—What Role Does Biotechnology Play?

Alex Avery The short and the sweet of it is that the world is in the midst of the largest increase in global food demand in human history. At least a doubling of food demand will unfold in the next … Continue reading

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Should Lincolnshire Be Farmed?

Dennis Avery The short answer to the title question is: Yes, Britain’s farmland—including Lincolnshire—should be farmed. Indeed, it must be farmed, to: Help save the world’s remaining wildlands and wild species, especially those in the tropics, from being plowed for … Continue reading

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It’s Time To Tell The World How High-Yield Farming Saves Nature

Presentation in Winnipeg to the Canadain Association of Agri-Retailers Dennis Avery . . . farms obliterate empty places, ploughed fields vanquish forests, herds drive out wild beasts. . . and there are such great cities where formerly hardly a hut … Continue reading

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The Nine Most Dangerous Myths About Pesticides and High-Yield Farming

Presentation in New Delhi, India for a Seminar on Pesticides: Myths, Realities, and Remedies Dennis Avery It is a tremendous privilege to be in India, a key site of the Green Revolution, to discuss pesticides, the modern miracle of high-yield … Continue reading

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Sudden, Sharp Improvement in World Meat Export Prospects?

Presentation to the Brazilian Meat Conference hosted by Elanco Animal Health Dennis Avery I am pleased to be here today and to able to talk about the sharp improvement in world meat export prospects that appears to be occurring in … Continue reading

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The Power and Promise of Agricultural Biotechnology

Presentation to Hanover College Alex Avery The name of my presentation reflects my fundamentalist rejection of the term genetically altered food. It’s an anti-biotech activist term deliberately designed to elicit distaste and turn off consumers. But more fundamentally, it is … Continue reading

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The Meat Industry and the Consumer Confidence Challenge

Presentation to the American Meat Institute: The Meat Industry and the Consumer Confidence Challenge Dennis AveryIt’s happened again. The food industry has once again allowed activists and headline-hungry journalists to turn the safest food system in human history into a … Continue reading

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How Should the Feed Industry View the Consumer Confidence Challenge?

Dennis Avery It’s happened again. The food industry has once again allowed activists and headline-hungry journalists to turn the safest food system in human history into a house of horrors. Once again, there has been no effective answer or strategy … Continue reading

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Is High-Yield Farming Worth Saving?

Presentation to the Illinois Farm Bureau Commodity Conference: Is High-Yield Farming Worth Saving? Dennis Avery . . . farms obliterate empty places, ploughed fields vanquish forests, herds drive out wild beasts. . . and there are such great cities where … Continue reading

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