Ethics for food and agriculture research
Many people feel that corporate, government and expert opinions often drown out those of people who are personally affected by current technological developments. Such people include, for example, people with a disability, people conceived through reproductive technologies (eg 'test-tube' babies), people who use reproductive technologies to conceive, farmers, scientists, and people who feel they have much to contribute to the debate.
As everybody is a consumer of food or agricultural products, discussions involving these issues should take ethical principles into consideration. These principles may include: informed consent, individual rights and freedom of choice. At a deeper level, every discussion on food and agriculture must touch upon the distribution of decision-making power between governments, the corporations who manufacture and sell GM foods, and the consumers, that is, us.