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By cgfi on April 08th, 2009

CREATING THE GREAT AMERICAN POTATO FAMINE, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VAâ€”McDonaldâ€™s just agreed to pursue pesticide-free potatoes for its restaurants. The anti-technology zealots pushing this organic move had better hope the company drags its feetâ€”or we risk having the first McDonaldâ€™s in history with no French fries. Less than a decade ago, the Danish governmentâ€™s high-level Bichel technical committee concluded that an organic-only mandate [...]

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By cgfi on April 02nd, 2009

PHYSICIST COMPARES GLOBAL WARMING CRAZE TO AZTEC SACRIFICES, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VAâ€”A leading â€œclimate skepticâ€ met with the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment on February Â 25.thÂ Dr. William Happer holds an endowed chair in physics at Princeton, served as the senior scientist at the Department of Energyâ€”and was reportedly fired by then-Vice President Al Gore for disagreeing with Goreâ€™s belief in man-made global warming.
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By cgfi on December 01st, 2008

THANKSGIVINGâ€™S FUTURE: KANGAROO INSTEAD OF TURKEY?, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VAâ€”Incoming President Obama will undoubtedly call for a renewed crusade against greenhouse gas emissions. Will Thanksgiving dinners in the future feature kangaroo instead of turkey?
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Donâ€™t get me wrong. Turkeys emit lots less greenhouse gas than beef cattle. Cattle today are fed lots of grain, and growing it requires nitrogen fertilizer (made with natural [...]

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By cgfi on April 21st, 2008

Updated:New Beef Eco-Report

New Beef Eco-Report: Pound-for-pound, beef produced with grains and growth hormones produces 40% less greenhouse gas emissions and saves two-thirds more land for nature compared to organic grass-fed beef.