Just when I´m here in Oaxaca to research agricultural biotechnology issues, George Monbiot comes up with a most insightful column about genetic engineering´s propaganda front:

http://www.monbiot.com/dsp_article.cfm?article_id=640

Seeds of Distraction: The biotech companies want us to consider everything except their motives

By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 9th March 2004

Excerpt:

"GM technology permits companies to ensure that everything we eat is owned by them. They can patent
the seeds and the processes which give rise to them They can make sure that crops can't be grown without their patented chemicals. They can prevent seeds from reproducing themselves. By buying up competing seed companies and closing them down, they can capture the food market, the biggest and most diverse market of all."