The introduction of genetically-engineered food and crops has been a disaster.

GE crops and GE food pose a serious threat to biodiversity and our own health.

In addition, the real reason for their development has not been to end world hunger but to increase the stranglehold multinational biotech companies already have on food production.

GE crops can enter the food chain and threaten biodiveristy.

For example, Greenpeace China found evidence that GE papayas were being grown illegally on Hainan Island in 2009.

China and GE crops

Currently GE cotton and GE papaya (in Guangdong province) are the only commercial GE crops in China.

But China is considering the commericalisation of GE rice -- the country's staple food.

Greenpeace China believes that GE rice is not safe for people or for the environment.

Furthermore from our research we have found that all strains of GE rice waiting for permits in China have foreign patents.

If China was to allow them to be grown commerically it would threaten the country's food soveriegnty.

GE industry driven by money not your health

We are told that GE crops will help feed the world's poor but according to the United Nations, we already produce more than enough food to satisfy everyone.

And even though consumers have rejected GE foods outright, the biotech companies and the governments that support them are still trying to force their inventions on us, purely for commercial gain.

But the long term effects of GE crops have not been properly researched and, by cross-pollinating with non-GE crops and wild plants, they replicate themselves and contaminate the environment with genetic pollution that is impossible to clean up.

The simple truth is, we don't need GE technology.

Using sustainable and organic farming methods will allow us to repair the damage done by industrial farming, reducing the excessive use of fertiliser, herbicides and other man-made chemicals, and making GE crops redundant.