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Frontline/Nova: Harvest of Fear

120 minutes, produced 2001.

Are genetically modified foods a vital scientific breakthrough that will help to end world hunger and reduce global pollution, or are they "Frankenfoods" that will ruin health and provoke environmental disaster? This comprehensive documentary explores the intensifying debate over genetically modified food crops. It investigates the perils and potential of this powerful new technology. By interviewing scientists, farmers, biotech and food industry representatives, government regulators, and critics of biotechnology; this two-hour report presents both sides of the debate, exploring the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of this new technology.

Relevant background information: Between June 23-25, more than 175 ministers, representing 105 countries, will g gather in Sacramento, California at a Ministerial Conference on Agricultural Science and Technology, co- sponsored by AID and the State Department. Focusing on the needs of developing countries, this conference will look at current and emerging technologies that have the potential to increase farm yields, improve the nutrient content of foods, deliver inexpensive and edible vaccines, and improve distribution. FRONTLINE/NOVA: HARVEST OF FEAR provides comprehensive background information on genetically modified food, which undoubtedly will receive attention at this Ministerial Conference.