No. 102 - Greenhouse Gas Control: Implications for Agriculture (authors and links to full study)

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Alex Avery is director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute, a national research organization headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Prior to joining Hudson in 1994, he was a McKnight research fellow at Purdue University, where he worked to develop drought-resistant sorghum varieties for the Sudan of Africa. He is the co-author of “Farming to Sustain the Environment” (Hudson Briefing Paper No. 190), and his articles have appeared in many publications, including USA Today Magazine, The Washington Times, and Canada’s Western Producer.

Dennis T. Avery, directs the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute. From 1980-1988, he served as agricultural analyst for the U.S. Department of State, where he was responsible for assessing the foreign-policy implications of food and farming developments worldwide. Avery studied agricultural economics at Michigan State University and the University of Wisconsin. He holds awards for outstanding performance from three different government agencies and was awarded the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in 1983.

Joseph L. Bast is president of The Heartland Institute, a nonprofit research center based in Chicago. He is publisher of Environment & Climate News, a monthly newspaper devoted to sound science and market-based environmental protection, and coauthor of several books, including Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism. He is also the author of The Instant Expert Guide to Global Warming and three previous Heartland Policy Studies, two coauthored, on global climate change.

Terry Francl is senior economist and commodity specialist in the public policy division of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Prior to joining the Farm Bureau in 1987 he held positions with Cargill Investor Services, Continental Illinois National Bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He earned a B.A. degree in agricultural economics from the University of Nebraska and an M.A. in the same field from Washington State University.

James L. Johnston is a director and policy analyst for The Heartland Institute. He has previously served as a senior economist for Amoco and economist at the RAND Corporation. He represented the Department of the Treasury during negotiations on the Law of the Sea Treaty. Johnston earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Southern California and did graduate work toward a Ph.D. in economics at UCLA.

John Skorburg is a senior economist and international trade specialist for the American Farm Bureau Federation. His writings on tax policy and federal regulatory matters appear on the Farm Bureau Web site (http://www.fb.org) and in the biweekly publication Farm Bureau News. Prior to joining the Farm Bureau, Skorburg was chief economist for the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. He earned B.S. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Illinois.