Dr John Hodges is an animal geneticist experienced in development agriculture, biodiversity, agro-resources, the food chain and commerce. Today he writes and speaks on ethics and justice in the use of science and business for the poor and to feed the growing global population. During his career he was responsible for animal breeding and genetic resources in the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome where he had wide experience of small-scale agriculture in the development world. Previously he was Professor of Animal Genetics at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and earlier taught at Cambridge University, UK. Formerly he was Head of the Production Division of the Milk Marketing Board of England and Wales. After the end of the USSR he worked for the European Union to assist governments in Eastern Europe to restructure agriculture from central planning to market economy and from state to private ownership of land. He has degrees in agriculture, livestock production and genetics from Reading and Cambridge Universities (UK) and in business administration from Harvard University (USA). He is deeply concerned with empowerment of poor farmers to produce more food, the creation and equitable sharing of wealth, and improving the quality of life at all levels, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.