I can address the bit about the forum and the need for choice.
We teach organics. We do research in organic farming, and so does the agriculture school at the University of Guelph. It is widespread. What the world has to recognize is that there is a choice, and we have to enable it. First of all, there has to be a definition of “organic“, and there needs to be an investigation of what the costs and benefits are.
Is there a benefit in having a forum? There is, absolutely, but I would argue that we essentially already have one. We've incorporated it into our educational programs. We have a wide variety of inputs from organic farmers into our decisions.
The genetic piece is a harder one to deal with, and somebody else might want to answer that part.