# Industry Scandal: The Loss Of Nutrients

- https://youtu.be/Ax0SIbxgqDw?si=fJ1WgIaVHu-ULs_e

## 纪录片重要信息总结

这部纪录片主要探讨了近 60 年来，由于杂交育种和工业化农业的影响，水果和蔬菜的营养价值下降的问题。

**主要事件和信息：**

1. **法国农业学院发现旧的食物成分表：** 在法国农业学院 (French Academy of Agriculture) 的旧小册子中，发现了一份 60 年前的食物成分表，记录了当时蔬果的维生素和矿物质含量。
2. **对比研究发现营养价值下降：** 将旧数据与互联网上的现代数据对比，发现 70 种常见蔬果的钙、维生素 C 和铁含量平均下降了 16%、27%和超过一半。
3. **美国研究人员证实营养价值下降：** 美国生物化学家唐纳德·戴维斯 (Donald Davis) 分析了美国和英国的数据，证实了蔬果营养价值下降的趋势，并指出产量增加是主要原因。
4. **番茄营养价值下降显著：** 番茄是营养价值下降最显著的水果之一，其钙含量下降了四分之一，维生素含量下降了超过一半。
5. **杂交育种和保质期：** 为了提高产量和延长保质期，种子公司广泛使用杂交育种技术，培育出耐储存和运输的品种，例如以色列的“永恒番茄”(Eternal tomato)。
6. **杂交育种的代价：** 杂交育种虽然提高了产量和保质期，但也导致了蔬果口味和营养价值的下降。
7. **种子公司追求利润最大化：** 种子公司为了追求利润最大化，不断研发新的杂交品种，并以高价出售种子，例如以色列的 Hazera 公司。
8. **印度的童工问题：** 在印度，一些种子公司为了降低成本，雇佣童工进行种子生产，例如瑞士的先正达 (Syngenta) 公司。
9. **印度的女性劳动剥削：** 在印度，女性在种子生产过程中也遭受着剥削，她们的工资低于法定最低工资，例如法国的利马格兰 (Limagrain) 公司。
10. **生物多样性丧失：** 工业化农业和杂交育种导致了生物多样性的丧失，全球 75%的农业生物多样性已经消失。
11. **民间组织的努力：** 一些民间组织，例如法国的科佩利 (Kokopelli) 组织，致力于保护传统和被遗忘的蔬菜品种，并推广非标准化的蔬果，以促进生物多样性和人类健康。

**重要名词中英文对照：**

- 法国农业学院 French Academy of Agriculture
- 唐纳德·戴维斯 Donald Davis
- 永恒番茄 Eternal tomato
- Hazera Hazera
- 先正达 Syngenta
- 利马格兰 Limagrain
- 科佩利 Kokopelli

## English Translation of the Summary

This documentary explores the issue of declining nutritional value in fruits and vegetables over the past 60 years, primarily due to the impact of hybrid breeding and industrialized agriculture.

**Key Events and Information:**

1. **Discovery of old food composition table at the French Academy of Agriculture:** An old food composition table from 60 years ago was found in old pamphlets at the French Academy of Agriculture, documenting the vitamin and mineral content of fruits and vegetables at that time.
2. **Comparative studies reveal a decline in nutritional value:** Comparing the old data with modern data available on the internet, it was found that the average calcium, vitamin C, and iron content of 70 common fruits and vegetables had decreased by 16%, 27%, and more than half, respectively.
3. **American researcher confirms the decline in nutritional value:** American biochemist Donald Davis analyzed data from the United States and the United Kingdom, confirming the trend of declining nutritional value in fruits and vegetables, and pointed out that increased yield is the main reason.
4. **Significant decline in tomato nutritional value:** Tomatoes are one of the fruits with the most significant decline in nutritional value, with a quarter less calcium and more than half less vitamins.
5. **Hybrid breeding and shelf life:** To increase yield and extend shelf life, seed companies widely use hybrid breeding techniques to cultivate varieties that are resistant to storage and transportation, such as the "Eternal tomato" from Israel.
6. **The cost of hybrid breeding:** While hybrid breeding has increased yield and shelf life, it has also led to a decline in the taste and nutritional value of fruits and vegetables.
7. **Seed companies pursue profit maximization:** Seed companies are constantly developing new hybrid varieties and selling seeds at high prices to maximize profits, such as Hazera in Israel.
8. **Child labor issues in India:** In India, some seed companies employ child labor for seed production to reduce costs, such as Syngenta from Switzerland.
9. **Exploitation of female labor in India:** Women are also exploited in seed production in India, with wages below the legal minimum wage, such as Limagrain from France.
10. **Loss of biodiversity:** Industrialized agriculture and hybrid breeding have led to the loss of biodiversity, with 75% of global agrobiodiversity already lost.
11. **Efforts of NGOs:** Some NGOs, such as Kokopelli in France, are dedicated to protecting traditional and forgotten vegetable varieties and promoting non-standardized fruits and vegetables to promote biodiversity and human health.