(March against Monsanto. Image from the Global Alliance for Seed Freedom)

Our rights to save and share seed are under attack around the world. The Global Alliance for Seed Freedom is a "global campaign to alert citizens and governments around the world on how precarious our seed supply has become – and as a consequence how precarious our food security has become".

In Europe the Plant Reproductive Material Law will make it illegal to grow, reproduce or trade any vegetable seed or tree that has not been tested and approved by a new "EU Plant Variety Agency".

Read more background on the issue from the NGO Grain and find out how to save seeds.

Meanwhile, the campaign group 'Food and Water Watch' reviewed 900 Wikileaks-disclosed cables to discover that 'American diplomats lobbied aggressively overseas to promote genetically modified (GM) food crops'.