Alex Avery (born 6 August 1971 in Bristol) is an English actor who played SC Terry Knowles in The Bill in 2001, and played Carl in Holby City in 1999. He has also guest starred in Shameless and appeared in the movie Quills and will be appearing in a Neil Jordan film in the future.

Alex Avery is the director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute, where he conducts research on the environmental impacts of different farming systems. Alex is a outspoken critic of organic food and farming and the author of the book The Truth About Organic Foods, a book critical of organic food practices.

Avery has stated that organic foods "are clearly no safer, no more nutritious, no more healthful -- there are zero advantages for consumers." He disputes the conclusions of studies that promote organic foods, believing them to be statistically insignificant due to large natural variability, irrelevant because of a lack of understanding how a poorly-understood nutrient is used by the body, or biased by the interests of the organization the researcher works for. The New York Times pointed out that Avery´s own employer has received financing from Monsanto, DowElanco and the Ag-Chem Equipment Company.

He appeared on or was quoted by CNN, Fox News, Showtime (Penn & Teller's show), the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Cosmos Magazine, Readers Digest (Canada), Washington Times, Des Moines Register, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Regulation Magazine, and the BBC's science and tech magazine Focus. Avery has recently written a chapter for a book on organic pesticides published in 2007 by the American Chemical Society and presented at international meetings of the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Phytopathological Society, Australian Weed Science Society, and American Chemical Society. Avery is also an Advisory Board Member for Hanover College's Center for Free Inquiry.