Alex Avery (researcher)
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 Company, 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.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Alex Avery". Center for global food issues. Archived from the original on 14 October 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071014192920/http://cgfi.org/about/aavery_bio.htm. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
- ^ "Kill thy neighbor". National Review. http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-avery073103.asp. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
- ^ "The Truth About Organic Foods". Henderson. http://www.thetruthaboutorganicfoods.org. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
- ^ "Die Wahrheit uber Bio-Lebensmittel" (in German). TVR Group. http://www.tvrgroup.de/. Retrieved 19 December 2007.
- ^ McHughen, Alan (May 5, 2007). "Toppling the organic house of cards". Nature Biotechnology 25 (5): 522. doi:10.1038/nbt0507-522. http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v25/n5/full/nbt0507-522.html. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
- ^ Marian Burros (July 16, 2003). "Eating Well: Is Organic Food Provably Better?". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E6DA143CF935A25754C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
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