"The greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its culture."

- Thomas Jeferson c.1800





"Before you can improve the food products on the grocery shelf, you must first improve the quality of the produce on the ground."

- H.J. Heinz c.1900





"All intrinsic improvements in agriculture are founded on existing biodiversity. Improvements in agriculture intrinsically destroy existing agricultural biodiversity.

- Jeremy Cherfas 2012





"Food is the moral right of all who are born into this world."