Avery (born October 24, 1936) is the director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute, where he edits Global Food Quarterly.
A food policy analyst for the past 30 years, Dennis Avery began his career with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, served on the staff of President Lyndon Johnson’s National Advisory Commission of Food and Fiber, and, prior to joining Hudson, was the senior agricultural analyst for the U.S.
Department of State.
He is the author of several books, including the New York Times Bestseller Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years which he co-authored with Dr.
S.
Fred Singer of George Mason University in Virginia.
Avery is an outspoken supporter of biotechnology, pesticides, irradiation, industrial farming, and free trade, as well as a long-time critic of organic farming and farm subsidies.
He does not believe that DDT causes egg shell thinning in eagles.
Hudson Institute's financial backers include major agricultural companies (e.g.
ConAgra, Cargill) and pesticide manufacturers (e.g.
Monsanto Company, DuPont, Dow-Elanco, Sandoz, Ciba-Geigy.Dennis Avery is the father of Alex Avery, who also works for the Hudson Institute.