Meeting the Demands of a Growing Population
Alex A. Avery Presentation at the American Phytopathological Society’s World Food Crisis Symposium The world agricultural community has focused on fighting hunger and meeting the needs of humanity for...
View ArticleWill the World Throw Away High Yield Agriculture?
Alex A. Avery Speech to the National Potato Promotion Board, Denver, Colorado The Rev. Thomas Malthus’ famous question about whether humanity can continue to feed all the people was posed exactly 200...
View ArticleHigh-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...
View ArticleWho Will Produce the World’s Food (and Pork) in the Next Decade?
Presented at the Hyologisk 25th Anniversary Conference Braedstrup, Denmark Alex Avery February 4, 2004 A dozen years ago, I retired from the U.S. State Department-and began a mission to convince First...
View ArticlePresentation to the National Turkey Federation: The Moral Challenge of the...
Presentation to the National Turkey Federation: The Moral Challenge of the 21st Century Dennis Avery . . . farms obliterate empty places, ploughed fields vanquish forests, herds drive out wild beasts....
View ArticleFOOD PRODUCTION IN A WARMING WORLD, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
Churchville, VA—“Radical New Direction Needed in Food Production to Deal with Climate Change!†says the press release. Crop yields may fall 20-30 percent by 2100 because the earth will be too...
View Article3 BILLION & COUNTING: THE COST OF BANNING DDT, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY
3 Billion and Counting is a new documentary film on the awful human cost of banning DDT. The film’s producer, medical doctor Rutledge Taylor, circled the tropical world, finding that malaria has...
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