Mwananyanda Lewanika, of Zambia's Nat'l Institute for Scientific & Industrial Research, was on the panel that evaluated safety of genetically engineered (GE) corn that was offered to deal with his country's food crisis in summer 2002. In footage from his presentation at the May 2003 Biodevastation 7 conference in St. Louis, he explains why Zambia thought such food was too risky to import. Zambian scientists were worried that potentially allergy-exacerbating GE food could affect the very young, very old, sick and immune-compromised. Host Don Fitz and guest Daniel Romano, 2002 Green Party candidate for US Senator from Missouri, discuss control of the world's food supply. Art Friedrich of the Independent Media Center describes harassment by St. Louis police during Biodevastation 7.

The Green Time show on

"MWANANYANDA LEWANIKA ON FOOD CRISES IN ZAMBIA"

will air on Double Helix Channel 21 in the City of St. Louis at the following times:

7:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 4 & 11, 2004,
2:30 p.m., Friday, February 6 & 13, 2004,
12:30 p.m., Saturday, February 7 & 14, 2004,
7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 8 & 15, 2004.

For viewers in St. Louis County, this Green Time episode will air on Regional Access Channel 18 in the Charter Classic Area at the following time:

6:00 p.m., Saturday, February 7, 2004 and 6:00 p.m., Saturday, February 14, 2004.

For more information about this Green Time production (No. 183), please call Don Fitz at 314-727-8554. To order, send $23 (+$5 for next day delivery) to "Double Helix" at 625 N. Euclid, Suite 460, St. Louis MO 63108.