Saving the Planet with Higher Yields From 21st Century Farms

This publication is an expanded version of a talk by Dennis T. Avery presented on November 14, 2006 in Lindenwood University’s Economic Policy Lecture Series. The lecture series is designed to engage students, faculty and off-campus guests of Lindenwood University in discussion of key economic and environmental issues of the day. These lectures are published in order to afford a variety of audiences across the nation the opportunity to benefit from them. The Institute for Study of Economics and the Environment (ISEE) directs the lecture series. This lecture was co-hosted with the Division of Management.

ISEE is a program of teaching and research at Lindenwood University. Its mission is “to improve student and public understanding of the basic economic concepts that can be used to guide effective and efficient environmental policy making.” The Institute operates within the National Center for the Study of American Culture and Values at Lindenwood. Additional information on ISEE is available at: http://www.lindenwood.edu/academics/isee.asp