THE WORLD, CURRENTLY & IN THE NEAR FUTURE, FACING ITS BIGGEST-EVER FOOD PRODUCTION CHALLENGE -- CAUSES:  THE WORLD'S LAST SURGE OF POPULATION GROWTH & THE CONTINUING SURGE OF HUMAN AFFLUENCE -- THE BEST HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO FEED THE WORLD'S EIGHT TO TEN BILLION PEOPLE IN 2050:  CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT & UTILIZATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, THAT IS, PRPMOTING & PURSUING A NEW GREEN REVOLUTION

THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT, HUMAN HEALTH, & THE SAFETY OF IRRADIATED FOOD:   OPPOSITION OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO PRODUCE IRRADIATION -- THE ENVIRONMENTALIST CLAIM THAT IRRADIATED FOOD IS NOT SAFE, THAT IRRADIATION WILL MASK OFF-FLAVORS & THE SMELL OF SPOILED FOOD, DESTROY NUTRITIONAL VALUES & MAKE THE FOOD RADIOACTIVE, THAT THE CONSUMPTION OF SUCH FOOD CAN CAUSE CANCER IN HUMAN BEINGS -- A SCIENCE-BASED ANALYSIS & REFUTATION OF ENVIRONMENTALIST PROPAGANDA RELATING TO FOOD IRRADIATION -- THE DANGER TO HUMAN HEALTH PRESENTED BY ORGANICALLY GROWN PRODUCE & HOW IRRADIATION CAN PRACTICALLY ELIMINATE THE DANGER

ENVIRONMENTALISM & ELITISM VERSUS BIOTECHNOLOGY:  ENVIRONMENTALIST & ELITIST OPPOSITION TO THE USE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING IN AGRICULTURE -- OPPOSITION TO THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED, HIGH-YIELD FOOD CROPS THAT ARE A KEY HOPE FOR PRODUCING THE EXTRA FOOD NEEDED BY OUR RICHER, MORE POPULOUS WORLD IN THE DECADES JUST AHEAD -- THE INADEQUACY OF ORGANIC FARMING -- THE BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION -- HOW ENVIRONMENTALISTS & ELITISTS WOULD STOP & REVERSE HUMAN PROGRESS MADE DURING & SINCE THE GREEN REVOLUTION

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED FOOD CROPS, OR PRODUCTION OF GRAIN-BASED ETHANOL AS A MOTOR FUEL?  FOOD & ENERGY DECISIONS IN CHINA -- CHINA'S REJECTION OF BIOFUELS IN FAVOR OF ENHANCING FOOD PRODUCTION THROUGH BIOTECHNOLOGY -- SPURNING THE IDEAS OF ENVIRONMENTALISTS & OPTING FOR USE OF COMMON SENSE

ENVIRONMENTALISM & AGRICULTURE:  THE IMPACT OF THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT ON EUROPEAN FOOD PRODUCTION -- ENVIRONMENTALISTS DEMAND SHARP REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE'S PESTICIDE USE, REDUCTIONS THAT WILL CUT IN HALF THE CONTINENT'S CROP PRODUCTION -- THE EUROPEAN UNION, UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS, PLANS TO RADICALLY TIGHTEN ITS REGULATION OF PESTICIDE USE, A POLICY DECISION BASED ON THE THEORETICAL RISKS DREAMED UP BY GREEN IDEOLOGUES & APOSTLES OF THE THEORY OF IMMINENT CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE CHANGE CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY

ENVIRONMENTALISM & HUMAN PROGRESS:  ENVIRONMENTALIST HERESIES -- WIRED MAGAZINE'S REJECTION OF MAJOR IDEOLOGICAL TENETS OF THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT -- KNOCKING THE PROPS OUT FROM UNDER ENVIRONMENTALIST ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING AIR CONDITIONING, ORGANIC FARMING, OLD-GROWTH FORESTS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, & NUCLEAR POWER

CONSEQUENCE OF THE PROPAGANDA, POLICY AGENDA, & POLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS:  A WORLD ON THE BRINK OF GLOBAL FOOD SHORTAGE & ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

BIOFUELS & THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY:  THE IMPACT OF BIOFUELS MANDATES ON CROPLAND AVAILABILITY & FOOD PRODUCTION -- THE PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS ON AMERICAN ENERGY, AGRICULTURAL, & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

ENVIRONMENTALISM, THE ENVIRONMENTALIST AGENDA, & ENVIRONMENTALIST PROPAGANDA:  COMMON ATTRIBUTES OF THE ENVIRONMENTALIST IDEOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTALIST POLICY AGENDA -- THE PROPAGANDA DISSEMINATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTALIST MOVEMENT IN ITS DRIVE TO ACHIEVE THE ENVIRONMENTALIST AGENDA -- THE CONSEQUENCES OF ACHIEVING VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE GREEN AGENDA

THE GLOBAL WARMING SCARE & DIVERSION OF CROPS TO BIOFUELS & AWAY FROM FOOD PRODUCTION -- THE CONSEQUENCES:  A LOOMING GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS -- SPREADING GRAIN SHORTAGES & SOARING FOOD PRICES -- THE UNDERMINING OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS & THE MISUSE OF NATURAL RESOURCES

ENVIRONMENTALISM, CLIMATE CHANGE, & FAMINE:  THE TREND TOWARD GLOBAL COOLING, RISING FOOD COSTS DRIVEN BY THE ENVIRONMENTALIST AGENDA, & COMING FOOD SHORTAGES -- THE INCREASING NUMBER OF FOOD-RELATED DISTURANNCES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD -- NATURE & HUMAN ACTIVITY AS FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM

THE U.S.A. -- POLITICS, SERIOUS PROBLEMS, & LACK OF EFFECTIVE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP:  THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 2008 & ABSENCE OF THE REAL LEADERSHIP & VISION THAT ARE CRITICAL TO ADDRESSING AMERICA'S LOOMING CALAMITY ON MANY FRONTS, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY & THE COUNTRY'S ENERGY NEEDS -- BARAK OBAMA'S SOP TO THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS, STATING HIS INTENTION TO KEEP AMERICA'S UNDEVELOPED DOMESTIC PETROLEUM RESERVES OFF LIMITS TO EXPLORATION & DRILLING & THEREBY DECLINE TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ESCALATING DANGERS & FINANCIAL BURDENS OF U.S. DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL

NORMAN BORLAUG -- THE FATHER OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION:  COMMENTARY ABOUT BORLAUG'S LIFE, WORK, & UNABASHED PERSPECTIVES ON AGRICULTURE, CHEMICAL FERLILIZERS, BIOTECHNOLOGY, GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS, & ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES -- HOW HE BROUGHT THE GREEN REVOLUTION TO THE THIRD WORLD

U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY & THE PRICE OF FOOD:  AMERICAN BAKERS CALL ON CONGRESS TO CORRECT GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT HAVE LED TO SOARING FOOD & OIL PRICES -- THE BAKERS DEMAND RECONSIDERATION OF DEVALUATION OF THE U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST FOREIGN CURRENCIES, ETHANOL POLICIES INVOLVING CORN, THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF ACRES OF FARM LAND CURRENTLY BEING KEPT IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM, & ALL POLICIES BASED THE UNWARRANTED ASSUMPTIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING THEORY -- AT STAKE: THE ABILITY OF AMERICANS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE

U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY & THE PRICE OF FOOD:  AMERICAN BAKERS CALL ON CONGRESS TO CORRECT GOVERNMENT ECONOMIC & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES THAT HAVE LED TO SOARING FOOD & OIL PRICES -- THE BAKERS DEMAND RECONSIDERATION OF DEVALUATION OF THE U.S. DOLLAR AGAINST FOREIGN CURRENCIES, ETHANOL POLICIES INVOLVING CORN, THE VERY LARGE NUMBER OF ACRES OF FARM LAND CURRENTLY BEING KEPT IN THE CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM, & ALL POLICIES BASED THE UNWARRANTED ASSUMPTIONS OF GLOBAL WARMING THEORY -- AT STAKE: THE ABILITY OF AMERICANS TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE

ORGANIC FARMING, CULTIVATION OF STEEP HILLSIDES, & UNSUSTAINABILITY: ORGANIC AGRICULTURE PRACTICED ON STEEP HILLY LAND AS TILLAGE LEADING TO MUDSLIDES & MASSIVE SOIL EROSION -- ARGUMENTS FOR ORGANIC FARMING ASSERTED & REFUTED

HUMAN DIET, HUMAN HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS: THE VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN BY THE FOOD & AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS & BY MILITANT VEGETARIANS, ENVIRONMENTALISTS, & GLOBAL WARMING ALARMISTS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT EATING MEAT IS A VERY BAD THING & THAT THEY MUST ADOPT THE STRICTLY VEGAN LIFESTYLE, USING NO ANIMAL PRODUCTS WHATSOEVER -- WHY THE FAO WOULD FOSTER A POLICY POSITION CLAIMING THAT LIVESTOCK IS A MAJOR THREAT TO THE EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT:  TO ENABLE THE UN TO EXERT TOTALITARIAN CONTROL OVER PEOPLE'S LIVES -- EXAMINING & DEBUNKING THE BOGUS NOTIONS ADVOCATED BY UN BUREAUCRACIES, BOGUS NOTIONS SUCH AS GLOBAL WARMING CAUSED BY HUMANS & LIVESTOCK, THE SOCALLED PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE, & THE CLAIM THAT HUMAN CONSUMPTION OF ANIMAL FLESH IS A MAJOR THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH & THE EARTH'S ENVIRONMENT

ORGANIC FARMING ON STEEP, HILLY LAND THAT IS PRONE TO MUDSLIDES:  A BAD BUSINESS PRACTICE, A BAD ENVIRONMEMNTAL POLICY, & A BURDEN TO THE TAXPAYERS -- THE WISER AGRICULTURAL & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY:  FOR FOOD PRODUCTION, DEPEND ON THE HIGHER YIELDS OF CONVENTIONAL FARMS & LEAVE THE STEEP HILLSIDES FOR WILDLIFE HABITAT

ORGANIC FARMING, CONVENTIONAL FARMING, & THE WORLD'S FOOD SUPPLY: ADVOCATES OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE USE PSEUDO-SCIENTIFIC & UNSCIENTIFIC "RESEARCH" TO MAKE SENSATIONAL CLAIMS REGARDING THE ABILITY OF FARMERS EMPLOYING ORGANIC METHODS TO ADEQUATELY FEED THE WORLD -- THE ANALYSES OF URBAN ACADEMICS & ENVIRONMENTALISTS ADVOCATING ORGANIC FARMING FAIL TO MEET MINIMUM SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPARING FOOD PRODUCTION CAPACITY IN DIFFERENT CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS -- ABANDONMENT OF CONVENTIONAL FARMING & TOTAL RELIANCE ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE WOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD HUNGER & MASS STARVATION

AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, BIOFUELS, & INFLATION:  PROPOSALS IN CONGRESS TO ENACT LEGISLATION SUBSIDIZING & MANDATING GREATER PRODUCTION OF CORN ETHANOL & ITS INCREASED USE AS A MOTOR FUEL TO REPLACE GASOLINE -- ENVIRONMENTALISTS & THEIR POLITICAL ALLIES IN CONGRESS SEEKING ENERGY POLICIES WHICH, IF ADOPTED & IMPLEMENTED, WOULD SPELL DISASTER FOR THE AMERICAN ECONOMY

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