Billionaire advocates for artificial meat while taking control of ag lands
By WND Staff
Bill Gates (Video screenshot)
One member of Congress is demanding that Bill Gates, the influential computer software company founder and celebrated environmentalist, answer some questions about why he is buying up tens of thousands of acres of farmland.
That farmland, now, often is used for producing feed for cattle, that are turned into steaks and roasts and hamburgers. But Gates has openly advocated that nations should convert to synthetic beef.
Gates already owns more than 9,000 acres in Idaho, 16,000 acres in Washington, 20,000 in Nebraska, 4,500 in California, 25,000 in Arizona, 47,000 in Arkansas and more in a total of 19 states.
His total ownership is about 270,000, and his most recent fight for land was over 2,100 acres in North Dakota where he is "circumventing" a 1932 anti-corporate farm ownership law by promising to lease the land back to farmers.