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21st Century Consumer War: Mythical Organic Utopia versus High Yield Conservation
By Alex Avery on December 11th, 2003

21st Century Consumer War: Mythical Organic Utopia versus High Yield Conservation

Alex Avery
Presented December 11, 2003
National Agricultural Aviators Association
Reno, Nevada
For two decades, an epic war has engulfed society between those who look backward toward a fictional natural past – an organic utopia – and those who look forward through technology and science envisioning a sustainable future. This war has escalated over the last two decades, with [...]

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By cgfi on March 28th, 2000

High-Yield Conservation: The Only Global Sustainability for the 21st Century

Alex A. Avery
Humanity faces a daunting task as we enter the 21st century: Feeding a larger, more affluent world a better diet while at the same time conserving wildlife habitat, biodiversity and ecological integrity.
The world is in the midst of the largest surge in global population in human history. Population growth rates peaked in 1996; [...]

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By cgfi on October 25th, 1999

The War We Can’t Win Against Our Own Food System

Alex A. Avery
The Rev. Thomas Malthus’ famous question about whether humanity can continue to feed all the people was posed exactly 200 years ago.
It has taken us nearly all of that 200 years to be sure of an affirmative answer. Only recently have we been certain that the opening of the 21st century should see [...]

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