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  • From: "Michaele Blakely" <mjb AT premier1.net>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Fw: [Market-farming] Why I can't believe a word out of Dennis Avery's mouth
  • Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:09:41 -0800

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michaele Blakely" <mjb AT premier1.net>
To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Why I can't believe a word out of Dennis
Avery's mouth


> Thank you, I was racking my brain last night and was too tired to dig out
> examples and names. There is a lot of good science out there to combat
what
> you are saying. Science that is not intreperted, but just facts.
>
> There is science out there, and Avery's conclusions come from distorted
> interpretations of the science. A syllogism rather like "Midnight is a
> black cat, all cats can see in the dark, therefore Midnight can see in the
> dark." Except Midnight is blind.
>
> Well, all I wanted to do was put food for thought out there. Avery is a
man
> that raises my hackles so fast because he is articulate, smooth talking
and
> convincing until you start dissecting what he is saying. Put that
together
> with media sensationalsism and it is just sad.
>
> Let's not forget who funds Avery as well.....
>
> Michaele
> Growing Things
> Carnation Wa
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alliums" <garlicgrower AT earthlink.net>
> To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:20 AM
> Subject: [Market-farming] Why I can't believe a word out of Dennis Avery's
> mouth
>
>
> > Rick Williams wrote:
> >
> >
> > >In order to criticize someone like Avery, you need to give some
examples
> of
> > >where he is wrong. I think you would find it difficult to do that.
> >
> > Um, Rick, when did you join the list? I published my article on Dennis
> > Avery and Rebecca Goldberg debating GMOs at the Food & Farming
Conference
> > in December, 2000. It's rather infamous, because although it showed that
> > Dennis Avery had *no* understanding of what organics was all about and
> > could quote no reputable studies to back up any of his arguements, the
> > original owner of this list was so angry that he suspended the entire
> > listserve and Liz had to find another organization to host the list.
> >
> > Dr. Bill Liebhardt of the University of California at Davis was so angry
> at
> > Avery's inability to use science to back up his tirades that he later
did
> a
> > review comparing conventional and organic yields over the past 20 years.
I
> > don't have the URL, but he's not hard to find and I believe the study he
> > did was widely published -- I know I saw it in several different
> publications.
> >
> > If Liz doesn't have my original article in the archives, I'd be happy to
> > e-mail you a copy. I am often hired to write articles for events like
> this
> > and I try to reproduce what goes on at these talks as accurately as
> > possible. I knew very little about Avery before the 2000 Food & Farming
> > Conference, but after hearing him speak at this conference, I have no
> > respect for the man at all.
> >
> >
> > Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
> > St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden
> >
> > A mission of
> > St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA
> 19460
> >
> >
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  • Fw: [Market-farming] Why I can't believe a word out of Dennis Avery's mouth, Michaele Blakely, 02/06/2003

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