SCIMAC is a grouping of industry organisations along the UK farm supply chain supporting case-by-case, science-based regulation of GM crop technology, and is committed to offering choice and co-existence between GM and non-GM approaches to crop production and has developed practical guidelines for managing GM crops a for sensible, fair and workable co-existence arrangements between GM and non-GM crops.

UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. The department's broad remit means they have large responsibilites for people’s day-to-day life, from the food the public eats to the water the public drinks.

Farmer Fiddaman ran a farm in Hertfordshire which was one of farm-scale trials for GM crops. He was actively involved in the debate and was also chairman of the Supply Chain Initiative on Modified Agricultural Crops. During the trials he would often have his farm land destroyed by protestors and had to report several of these crimes to the police along with considering installation of a security system. Fiddaman continued to give talks on GM crops after the end of the debate and was often invited to join panels in discussions of the future of biotechnology.