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'''Alex Avery''', the son of [[Dennis 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. Avery is an outspoken critic of [[organic food]] and [[organic farming|farming]] and has compared their supporters to [[Hezbollah]] <ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-avery073103.asp | publisher= ''National Review'' | title = Kill thy neighbor | accessdate = 28 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref> because of what he perceives as their religious zeal and unwillingness to compromise. He is also the author of ''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> a controversial<ref>{{cite journal|last=McHughen|first=Alan|date=May 5, 2007|title=Toppling the organic house of cards |journal=Nature Biotechnology|volume=25|issue=5|pages=522|url=www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v25/n5/full/nbt0507-522.html|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref><!-- First words of review are: "Alex Avery's controversial The Truth About Organic Foods begins..." --> book critical of the organic food movement, published by Henderson Communications, a small agribusiness consulting group and independent agricultural-oriented publisher.
'''Alex Avery''', the son of [[Dennis 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. Avery is an outspoken critic of [[organic food]] and [[organic farming|farming]] and has compared their supporters to [[Hezbollah]] <ref>{{ cite web | url =http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-avery073103.asp | publisher= ''National Review'' | title = Kill thy neighbor | accessdate = 28 December | accessyear = 2007 }}</ref>. He is also the author of ''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> a controversial<ref>{{cite journal|last=McHughen|first=Alan|date=May 5, 2007|title=Toppling the organic house of cards |journal=Nature Biotechnology|volume=25|issue=5|pages=522|url=www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v25/n5/full/nbt0507-522.html|accessdate=2008-10-21}}</ref><!-- First words of review are: "Alex Avery's controversial The Truth About Organic Foods begins..." --> book critical of the organic food movement, published by Henderson Communications, a small agribusiness consulting group and independent agricultural-oriented publisher.


''[[The New York Times]]'' pointed out that Avery's non-profit employer has received funding from [[Monsanto]], [[DowElanco]] and the [[Ag-Chem Equipment Company]].<ref name=nyt/>
''[[The New York Times]]'' pointed out that Avery's non-profit employer has received funding from [[Monsanto]], [[DowElanco]] and the [[Ag-Chem Equipment Company]].<ref name=nyt/>

Revision as of 20:01, 4 May 2009

Alex Avery, the son of Dennis 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. Avery is an outspoken critic of organic food and farming and has compared their supporters to Hezbollah [2]. He is also the author of The Truth About Organic Foods,[3][4] a controversial[5] book critical of the organic food movement, published by Henderson Communications, a small agribusiness consulting group and independent agricultural-oriented publisher.

The New York Times pointed out that Avery's non-profit employer has received funding from Monsanto, DowElanco and the Ag-Chem Equipment Company.[6]

He has appeared on or been quoted in TV and newspapers such as CNN, Fox News, Showtime (Penn & Teller's show), the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today. Avery has written a chapter for a book on organic pesticides published in 2007 by the American Chemical Society. Avery is also an Advisory Board Member for Hanover College's Center for Free Inquiry.

Publications

  • The Truth About Organic Foods, November, 2006
  • "The Environmental Safety and Benefits of Growth Enhancing Pharmaceutical Technologies in Beef Production," Center for Global Food Issues, November, 2007[7]
  • "'Organic Abundance' report: fatally flawed," Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, December, 2007.
  • "Food Wars," National Review Online, January, 2007[8]
  • "Organic farming caused dust bowl," The Spokesman-Review.com, August 18, 2002.
  • "Kill thy neighbor, Hezbollah and organic-food fanatics have some things in common," National Review [9]
  • "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. ^ "Kill thy neighbor". National Review. Retrieved 28 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "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)
  4. ^ "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)
  5. ^ McHughen, Alan (May 5, 2007). [www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v25/n5/full/nbt0507-522.html "Toppling the organic house of cards"]. Nature Biotechnology. 25 (5): 522. Retrieved 2008-10-21. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference nyt was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "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)
  8. ^ "Food Wars". National Review. Retrieved 19 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Kill thy neighbor". National Review. Retrieved 28 December. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)