Hunger for Soya
The vast grass plains of the Argentinian Pampas are slowly being transformed into a monoculture of genetically modified Soya crop. The mutant soya is resistant to harsh weed killers, which are now sprayed without care. Although profitable, the switch to Soya has left many unemployed, displacing people and animals and damaging the ecosystem.
0'05'' Aerial views of Pampas
0'14'' Time-lapse shots of Pampas
0'31'' Technology - Combine Harvestor
1'03'' GM soya in lab
1'25'' Crop Spraying
2'16'' Early 20 century farming footage/ Immigration to Argentina (1'15'')
5'51'' Soya fields under corporate banners, pesticide spraying (glyphosate)
6'13'' Species of plant in lab resistant to glyphosate
7'34'' Farmers tending GM crops
8'26'' Technologically advanced harvesting of soya crop
10'34'' Export of grain from Argentina (ship and lorry)
14'35'' Cotton Picking and harvesting
15'00'' Displaced / unemployed cotton workers
17'55'' Favelas/ Urban slums
19'20'' Livestock grazing Pampas
22'07'' Lab testing of soil for nutrients
25'05'' Giant Armadillo burrowing
27'05'' Giant Armadillo in rehab after being taken from Poachers
27'30'' Destruction of natural habitat
30'30'' Herbicide Containers (glyphosate)
31'00'' Toxicity research in lab (glyphosate)
32'34'' Insect and slug close-ups - snails, locusts
34'54'' Poor people cooking with and eating Soya
38'47'' Soya Silos
FULL SYNOPSIS
0'14'' Time-lapse shots of Pampas
0'31'' Technology - Combine Harvestor
1'03'' GM soya in lab
1'25'' Crop Spraying
2'16'' Early 20 century farming footage/ Immigration to Argentina (1'15'')
5'51'' Soya fields under corporate banners, pesticide spraying (glyphosate)
6'13'' Species of plant in lab resistant to glyphosate
7'34'' Farmers tending GM crops
8'26'' Technologically advanced harvesting of soya crop
10'34'' Export of grain from Argentina (ship and lorry)
14'35'' Cotton Picking and harvesting
15'00'' Displaced / unemployed cotton workers
17'55'' Favelas/ Urban slums
19'20'' Livestock grazing Pampas
22'07'' Lab testing of soil for nutrients
25'05'' Giant Armadillo burrowing
27'05'' Giant Armadillo in rehab after being taken from Poachers
27'30'' Destruction of natural habitat
30'30'' Herbicide Containers (glyphosate)
31'00'' Toxicity research in lab (glyphosate)
32'34'' Insect and slug close-ups - snails, locusts
34'54'' Poor people cooking with and eating Soya
38'47'' Soya Silos