Re: Avery

Michele Gale-Sinex/CIAS, UW-Madison (mgs@aae.wisc.edu)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:40:24 -0500

Howdy, all--

Hal Hamilton commented:

> I hope that not too many people are confused by Sierra Club endorsement of
> Dennis Avery's "high yield chemical agriculture is necessary to feed the
> world and save our fragile environment." The theory rests on some
> assumptions:
[snip]
> Who on this list would be interested in a project to assemble data to
> explicitly rebut Avery?

A reminder that the Henry Wallace Institute prepared a rebuttal
piece with citations:

Intensive agriculture and environmental quality: examining the newest
myth
Tracy Irwin Hewitt and Katherine R. Smith

I trust that since it was published (11/95), new research findings
have been added. But it's certainly one good resource with which to
start.

peace
misha

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