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Alex Avery is the director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at the [[Hudson Institute]]<ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.cgfi.org/about/aavery_bio.htm| publisher= Center for global food issues | title = Alex Avery
Alex Avery is the director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at the [[Hudson Institute]]<ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.cgfi.org/about/aavery_bio.htm| publisher= Center for global food issues | title = Alex Avery
| language = English | accessdate = 9 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref>, where he conducts research on the environmental impacts of different farming systems. Alex is a vehement critic of organic food and farming and the author of a book called ''The Truth About Organic Foods'',<ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.thetruthaboutorganicfoods.org| publisher= Henderson| title = The Truth About Organic Foods| language = English | accessdate = 19 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.tvrgroup.de/| publisher= TVR Group| title = Die Wahrheit uber Bio-Lebensmittel| language = German| accessdate = 19 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref>. He appeared on or was quoted by CNN, Fox News, Showtime (Penn & Teller's show), the ''New York Times'', ''Wall Street Journal'', ''USA Today'', ''Journal of the American Dietetic Association'', ''Cosmos Magazine'', ''Readers Digest'' (Canada), ''Washington Times'', ''Des Moines Register'', ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', ''Regulation'' Magazine, and the BBC's science and tech magazine ''Focus''. Alex has recently written a chapter for a book on organic pesticides published in 2007 by the American Chemical Society and presented at international meetings of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Phytopathological Society, Australian Weed Science Society, and American Chemical Society. Alex is also an Advisory Board Member for Hanover College's Center for Free Inquiry.
| language = English | accessdate = 9 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref>, where he conducts research on the environmental impacts of different farming systems. Alex is a vehement critic of organic food and farming and the author of a book called ''The Truth About Organic Foods'',<ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.thetruthaboutorganicfoods.org| publisher= Henderson| title = The Truth About Organic Foods| language = English | accessdate = 19 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.tvrgroup.de/| publisher= TVR Group| title = Die Wahrheit uber Bio-Lebensmittel| language = German| accessdate = 19 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref>. <the New York Times pointed out that Avery´s employer is financed by <ref>{{ cite web | url =http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E6DA143CF935A25754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 | publisher = The New York Times | title = | accessdate = 27 December | accessyear = 2007}}</ref>. He appeared on or was quoted by CNN, Fox News, Showtime (Penn & Teller's show), the ''New York Times'', ''Wall Street Journal'', ''USA Today'', ''Journal of the American Dietetic Association'', ''Cosmos Magazine'', ''Readers Digest'' (Canada), ''Washington Times'', ''Des Moines Register'', ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'', ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', ''Regulation'' Magazine, and the BBC's science and tech magazine ''Focus''. Alex has recently written a chapter for a book on organic pesticides published in 2007 by the American Chemical Society and presented at international meetings of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Phytopathological Society, Australian Weed Science Society, and American Chemical Society. Alex is also an Advisory Board Member for Hanover College's Center for Free Inquiry.
==Publications==
==Publications==
* The Truth About Organic Foods, November, 2006 (www.TheTruthAboutOrganicFoods.org)
* The Truth About Organic Foods, November, 2006 (www.TheTruthAboutOrganicFoods.org)

Revision as of 18:23, 28 December 2007

Alex Avery is the director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute[1], where he conducts research on the environmental impacts of different farming systems. Alex is a vehement critic of organic food and farming and the author of a book called The Truth About Organic Foods,[2][3]. <the New York Times pointed out that Avery´s employer is financed by [4]. He appeared on or was quoted by CNN, Fox News, Showtime (Penn & Teller's show), the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Cosmos Magazine, Readers Digest (Canada), Washington Times, Des Moines Register, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Regulation Magazine, and the BBC's science and tech magazine Focus. Alex has recently written a chapter for a book on organic pesticides published in 2007 by the American Chemical Society and presented at international meetings of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Phytopathological Society, Australian Weed Science Society, and American Chemical Society. Alex is also an Advisory Board Member for Hanover College's Center for Free Inquiry.

Publications

  • The Truth About Organic Foods, November, 2006 (www.TheTruthAboutOrganicFoods.org)
  • The Environmental Safety and Benefits of Growth Enhancing Pharmaceutical Technologies in Beef Production, Center for Global Food Issues, November, 2007[5]
  • 'Organic Abundance' report: fatally flawed, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, December, 2007
  • The Truth About Organic Foods, BBC's Focus Magazine, July, 2007.
  • Food Wars, National Review Online, January, 2007[6]
  • Organic farming caused dust bowl, The Spokesman-Review.com, August 18, 2002.
  • Kill thy neighboor, Hezbollah and organic-food fanatics have some things in common,The National Review [7]
  • The Deadly Chemicals in Organic Food, New York Post, June 2, 2001
  • Bring Back DDT, and Save Lives, Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2000
  • Infantile Methemoglobinemia: Reexamining the Role of Drinking Water Nitrates, Environmental Health Perspectives, July 1999
  • Red Meat Production Can Be Part of an Environmentally Sound Future, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, November, 1997
  • Farming to Sustain the Environment, Hudson Briefing Paper No. 190, Hudson, May 1996.

Notes

  1. ^ "Alex Avery". Center for global food issues. Retrieved 9 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "The Truth About Organic Foods". Henderson. Retrieved 19 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Die Wahrheit uber Bio-Lebensmittel" (in German). TVR Group. Retrieved 19 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ . The New York Times http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E6DA143CF935A25754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2. Retrieved 27 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "The Environmental Safety and Benefits of Growth Enhancing Pharmaceutical Technologies in Beef Production" (PDF). Hudson Institute. Retrieved 19 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Food Wars". National Review. Retrieved 19 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Kill thy neighboor". The National Review. Retrieved 28 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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