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Lily Films - The future of food (2004) | Index |
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| 3:00 | Disc 1 Irish potato famine mid-1800's; Peru suffered fewer consequences. | 2:30 | Only 4 varieties of potato widely grown today; 97% vegetable varieties extinct | 4:10 | Monsanto Roundup; 1990's Roundup Ready |
| 5:20 | BT corn | 6:00 | 1978 Patent for oil-eating microbe. | 8:30 | 1995 Pesticide industry bought seed industry |
| 9:55 | Canola (rape seed) farmer Percy Schmeiser sued | 25:40 | Flounder gene into tomato for cold resistance | 26:00 | Roundup Ready corn: soil bacterium gene recombined into E. coli DNA, into corn, using tumor bacteria as vector |
| 27:20 | Stream of electricity to create holes for DNA infiltration | 27:35 | Gene gun shoots DNA-coated gold | 27:55 | Promoter gene from Cauliflower Mosaic Virus |
| 28:30 | Antibiotic marker gene | 30:00 | Flavr Savr tomato by Calgene approved May 1994, did not ship well or sell well | 30:45 | StarLink GM corn found in taco shells - allergic reaction 2001 |
| 34:00 | GMOs considered to be GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) | 34:25 | GNOs found in corn syrup and soy lecithin; 2002 Measure 27 on GMO labelling defeated in Oregon | 36:15 | EU requires labelling |
| 40:10 | Super weeds become Roundup-resistant 2003 mare's tail spread into 21 states; farmers have to use 2,4-D | 42:00 | Revolving door of regulators/Monsanto employees | 46:00 | Diversity of corn in Mexico; contaminated by GM seeds |
| 57:00 | Government agricultural subsidies $20 billion | 1:05:00 | Monarch caterpillars affected by BT corn pollen | 1:13:45 | Suicide gene (terminator gene) |
| 3:00 | Disc 2 |
 27:20 Stream of electricity |
 27:35 Gene gun |
 27:55 Promoter gene |
 28:30 Antibiotic marker gene |
 30:00 Flavr Savr tomato |
 30:45 StarLink |
 34:00 GMOs considered to be GRAS |
 34:25 GNOs found in corn syrup |
 40:10 Roundup-resistant |
| Index | Feb 24, 2011 |  Peter Chen |