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=Bill Gates= | =Bill Gates= | ||
* geoengineering with David Keith at Harvard | * geoengineering with David Keith at Harvard | ||
| − | * Funding a GMO cow | + | * Funding a GMO cow [http://www.gmo.news/2018-02-07-bill-gates-is-backing-a-quest-to-create-a-genetically-modified-super-cow-to-produce-genetically-modified-milk.html] |
| − | * Starting AgOne in 2020 because "we aren't getting new ag tech into small farmers fast enough" | + | * Starting AgOne in 2020 [https://www.grain.org/en/article/6389-gates-ag-one-one-more-push-to-get-farmers-into-high-tech] because "we aren't getting new ag tech into small farmers fast enough" [https://docs.gatesfoundation.org/Documents/GatesAgOne_OverviewandFAQ.pdf] |
| − | * Funds [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBDZVexL3RQ event 201], which predicts an outbreak of coronavirus and cascading failures in supply chain | + | * Funds [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBDZVexL3RQ event 201], which predicts an outbreak of coronavirus and cascading failures in supply chain [http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/event201/recommendations.html] |
| + | * Buying up ($171m) Washington farmland [https://www.landreport.com/2018/09/bill-gates-pays-171-million-for-washington-farmland/] | ||
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| + | ===Lab-Grown Meat=== | ||
| + | * Lab-grown meat startup [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/23/bill-gates-and-richard-branson-bet-on-lab-grown-meat-startup.html] "Clean Meat" with fellow Billionaire Richard Branson | ||
| + | * Funds Impossible Foods ("We Want to END ANIMAL AGRICULTURE"), Beyond Meat, Memphis Meats | ||
=George Soros / John Podesta = | =George Soros / John Podesta = | ||
| − | * Funds Podesta's Center for American Progress, which in turn hosts the [http://foodchainreaction.org/ Food Chain Reaction game] | + | * Funds Podesta's Center for American Progress, which in turn hosts the [http://foodchainreaction.org/ Food Chain Reaction game], simulating a global food supply falters after climate change/epidemics wreak havoc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wfvtD17G9w] |
| + | ** Findings [http://foodchainreaction.org/index.php/game/findings/] | ||
=Jeff Bezos= | =Jeff Bezos= | ||
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* Buys Whole Foods [https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-buys-whole-foods-changes-2017-8?op=1 Aug 2017] as retail | * Buys Whole Foods [https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-buys-whole-foods-changes-2017-8?op=1 Aug 2017] as retail | ||
* Funds ([https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/19/billionaires-make-it-rain-on-plenty-the-indoor-farming-startup/?guccounter=1 heavily]) [http://plenty.ag Plenty], vertical indoor farms -- as well as investing in similar operations in China | * Funds ([https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/19/billionaires-make-it-rain-on-plenty-the-indoor-farming-startup/?guccounter=1 heavily]) [http://plenty.ag Plenty], vertical indoor farms -- as well as investing in similar operations in China | ||
| − | ** Plenty now sells greens via Whole Foods | + | ** Plenty now sells greens via Whole Foods [https://www.plenty.ag/the-feed/plentys-vertically-farmed-produce-hits-safeway-whole-foods/] |
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| + | =Walmart= | ||
| + | * Robotic bees for pollinating indoor farms | ||
| + | * Consolidating supply chain: | ||
| + | ** Opened their own dairy processing plant 2018 [https://www.supermarketnews.com/news/walmart-opens-new-indiana-milk-processing-plant][https://www.supermarketnews.com/news/walmart-opens-new-indiana-milk-processing-plant] | ||
| + | ** Opened their own meat processing plant 2020 [https://thecounter.org/walmart-new-angus-beef-plant-thomasville-georgia/] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:22, 15 March 2020
Assembling intel.
Bill Gates
- geoengineering with David Keith at Harvard
- Funding a GMO cow [1]
- Starting AgOne in 2020 [2] because "we aren't getting new ag tech into small farmers fast enough" [3]
- Funds event 201, which predicts an outbreak of coronavirus and cascading failures in supply chain [4]
- Buying up ($171m) Washington farmland [5]
Lab-Grown Meat
- Lab-grown meat startup [6] "Clean Meat" with fellow Billionaire Richard Branson
- Funds Impossible Foods ("We Want to END ANIMAL AGRICULTURE"), Beyond Meat, Memphis Meats
George Soros / John Podesta
- Funds Podesta's Center for American Progress, which in turn hosts the Food Chain Reaction game, simulating a global food supply falters after climate change/epidemics wreak havoc [7]
- Findings [8]
Jeff Bezos
- Amazon
- Buys Whole Foods Aug 2017 as retail
- Funds (heavily) Plenty, vertical indoor farms -- as well as investing in similar operations in China
- Plenty now sells greens via Whole Foods [9]
