Meeting The Needs Of A Hungrey World—What Role Does Biotechnology Play?
April 29, 2005
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 30-40 years, primarily as a result of economic growth in Asia, but also in Eastern Europe […]
Should Lincolnshire Be Farmed?
April 27, 2005
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 low-yield crops as world population attains its peak of 8-9 billion mostly-affluent people.
Minimize soil erosion, the most important […]
It’s Time To Tell The World How High-Yield Farming Saves Nature
February 9, 2005
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 . . . everywhere there is a dwelling,
everywhere a multitude. . . . We are burdensome to […]
The Nine Most Dangerous Myths About Pesticides and High-Yield Farming
December 1, 2004
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 agriculture, and the future of our world.
For thousands of years, mankind was constantly threatened by hunger […]
Sudden, Sharp Improvement in World Meat Export Prospects?
November 11, 2004
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 the World Trade Organization. The WTO’s current trade liberalization talks, the Doha Round, have suddenly taken an […]
The Power and Promise of Agricultural Biotechnology
November 7, 2004
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 totally inaccurate. As a scientist, I simply cannot perpetuate the use of that term.
The terms “food” […]
The Meat Industry and the Consumer Confidence Challenge
October 1, 2004
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 house of horrors. Once again, there has been no effective answer or strategy on behalf […]
How Should the Feed Industry View the Consumer Confidence Challenge?
September 9, 2004
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 on behalf of the food system to the unwarranted public attack.
The Mad Cow Media Circus […]
Is High-Yield Farming Worth Saving?
July 26, 2004
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 formerly hardly a hut . . . everywhere there is a dwelling,
everywhere a multitude. . . . […]
Comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency, On the Proposed Five-year Strategic Plan for the FSA
February 10, 2004
Comments to the USDA’s Farm Service Agency, On the Proposed Five-Year Strategic Plan for the FSA
Dennis Avery and Dr. Thomas Elam
Submitted February 10, 2004, in connection with the meeting of the agency’s external stakeholders at the Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M. St., NW, Washington, D.C.
The U.S. has recently returned to a policy emphasizing high subsidies for […]
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