"The large agrochemical companies will soon be in a position to dictate the future of the food industry. And they know just how they want our food to be produced - in ways which will maximise their own profits. That means using gene technology which they have patented and can control, despite the risk of irreversible global consequences for the rest of us."
Soil Association leaflet, Look what the Gene Dictators are growing just for you, 1998.

"The rich countries and their corporations have already taken most of the Third World's natural resources, minerals, trees and soils, as raw materials for their industries. Now that these resources are almost gone, they want to take away the Third World's rich and diverse biological materials, seeds and genetic resources."
Mohamed Idris, a Coordinator of the Third World Network in Malaysia.

Giant biotechnology corporations project an image of concern for the world's poor and the environment while displaying greed for new markets and continued profits. But around the globe, citizen opposition is continuing to grow against corporations’ claims that we need biotechnology, and all its attendant risks of ‘genetic pollution’ to the environment, in order to feed the world.