Bill Gates
wields powerful influence over global food and agriculture policy
through his funding of a large number of organizations involved in
agricultural development and policy making
Eleven of just
12 people urging the UN to retain Agnes Kalibata, the president of the
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), as its special envoy
to the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit, were funded by Gates
This is in
stark contrast to those who opposed Kalibata: 176 civil society
organizations and farmer groups, plus 500 additional signatories, called
for withdrawal of her appointment due to her clear conflicts of
interest with corporate actors
Gates’ massive
investments in global food production have failed to solve any real
problems. The solutions he backs are “Band-Aid solutions” that only
deepen the root problems
Examples
include the funding of the development of GMOs. These crops end up
replacing local diversity with just a few GE varieties that don’t take
local conditions into account. By pushing GE crops, malnutrition
actually deepens, as biodiversity is reduced
Gates is a
perfect example of a philanthrocapitalist. He has “donated” tens of
billions of dollars over the years, yet his net worth hasn’t dropped —
it has doubled, and this is largely because his donations are treated as
tax deductible investments
Bill Gates has built a global empire
around his technologies and "philanthropic" endeavors, the magnitude
of which is now becoming increasingly clear. His sheer wealth has
allowed him to become a veritable superpower in his own right. He's not
only risen to become the largest funder of the World Health
Organization and the unelected global COVID-19 health czar but he's also
a secret powerbroker of the global food system.
As revealed in the AGRA Watch report,1
"The Man Behind the Curtain: The Gates Foundation's Influence on the UN
Food Systems Summit," published August 2020, Gates wields powerful
influence over global food and agriculture policy through his funding
of a large number of organizations involved in agricultural development
and policy making.
Gates-Funded Organizations Defend Gates-Funded UN Envoy
While Gates is just one man, his clout is significantly leveraged
and magnified by the fact that he funds such a large number of
companies and organizations that can then do his bidding on the sly.
When you see long lists of groups, you automatically think there are
many players in the game when, in fact, Gates is the singular thread
running through most or all of them. The AGRA Watch report2 makes a perfect case in point with the story of Agnes Kalibata.
Kalibata is the president of Alliance for a Green Revolution in
Africa (AGRA), an organization funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation. In December 2019, Kalibata was appointed special envoy to
the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit by the secretary general of
the UN, Antonio Guterres.
In response, 176 civil society organizations and farmer groups from
83 countries urged Guterres to withdraw the appointment of Kalibata due
to her clear conflicts of interest with corporate actors. A second
statement, signed by more than 500 academics and organizations, also
opposed Kalibata's appointment to, and her organization of, the Summit.
That's significant pushback, illustrating there's widespread concern
about Kalibata's appointment. Coming forward in her defense were a
dozen individuals representing development banks, academic institutions
and the private sector.
They urged Guterres to retain Kalabata, citing her leadership
qualities and work ethic, among other things. However, of those 12
defenders, "11 had past or current connections to the Gates
Foundation," AGRA Watch says, adding:3
"In some instances, the organizations were directly funded by
the Gates Foundation, and in others, the Gates Foundation funded
specific programs in which the signers had played roles. One
organization was funded by AGRA, which is funded by the Gates
Foundation."
Gates' Undue Influence Over UN Food Systems Summit
In other words, while it may look like Kalabata had support from a
dozen separate and independent individuals or groups, in reality, there
are really only two voices speaking in her defense. It's just that
Gates' voice is magnified times 11. What's more, his name is never
actually mentioned, so to the uninitiated, it would appear he has
nothing to do with it at all.
"These findings illustrate the influence of the Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation (BMGF) on global food and agricultural policy. AGRA
Watch has continually documented the role of the BMGF in influencing
agricultural development, which has grown immensely in recent years," AGRA Watch writes.
"The Gates Foundation seeks to exercise influence not only
through its funding of projects and shaping of expertise, but also in
funding the governance platforms that determine food and agricultural
policy. This role of the BMGF in driving policy decisions based on its
proprietary and technological model of agricultural development is often
overlooked …
In this report, we have demonstrated just some of the
connections between the Gates Foundation and those who have supported
Kalibata's appointment as head of the UN Food Systems Summit.
While hundreds of civil society organizations called for her
removal, only twelve signatories were willing to support her
appointment, almost all of whom were direct beneficiaries of the Gates
Foundation. This raises critical questions about the role of Bill Gates
in shaping the agenda of the UN Food Systems Summit as well as its
outcomes."
The following graphic, included in the AGRA Watch report,
illustrates the direct and indirect funding ties between the Gates
Foundation and the UN Food Systems Summit's special envoy, Kalibata.
Gates Foundation's Revolving Door to Monsanto
AGRA Watch has raised concerns about the Gates Foundation's influence on the agribusiness for many years.
For example, among its many research reports4 is the 2010 report "The Revolving Door: Monsanto-Gates Links,"5
which details the direct links between the Gates Foundation and
Monsanto representatives Rob Horsch, Florence Wambugu, Don Doering,6
the late Sam Dryden and Lawrence Kent. Another 2010 report, "Gates
Foundation Links to Monsanto and GE Crops Development in Kenya," points
out:7
"AGRA Watch formed in 2008 to challenge the Gates Foundation's
participation in the problematic Alliance for a Green Revolution in
Africa (AGRA), and to support sustainable agro-ecological alternatives
already practiced in Africa.
We have witnessed acceleration in the push for genetic
engineering (GE) as a 'solution' to hunger in Africa, a criminalization
of GE's opponents as eco-imperialists unwilling to accept scientific
advancements, and a misplaced reverence for philanthropic support for
corporate solutions to global food issues. Corporate interests are
clearly exhibited in the AGRA agenda, as seen below."
Gates Foundation Isn't in It to Solve Real-World Problems
In its 2014 report,8
"Three Examples of Problems with Gates Foundation Grants," AGRA Watch
highlights why Gates' massive investments in global food production
have failed to solve any of the very real problems we face. First and
foremost, many of the solutions that he backs are "Band-Aid solutions"
that in fact worsen the root problems.
Examples include the funding of the development of genetically
engineered (GE) foods designed to be higher in certain nutrients. The
problem is that these crops then end up replacing local diversity with
just a few GE varieties that don't even take local conditions into
account. So, by pushing for "fortified" crop varieties, malnutrition
actually deepens, as biodiversity is reduced.
Secondly, "a stubborn focus on yield" is at odds with research
showing that low yield or insufficient production is not causing world
hunger. "There is ample evidence today that the problem instead is
poverty and lack of access, which is deepened by destruction of local
food systems and commercialization of food," AGRA Watch notes, adding:
"Grants by the Gates' Foundation and AGRA continue to focus on
yield, priming Africa for a system suited to the needs of the
profit-seeking, yield-oriented commercial farmer rather than the
peasant or small farmer producing diverse crops for a local community."
A third problem highlighted in the report is Gates' funding of
European and American research organizations and scientists rather than
African ones, even though the programs are being implemented in
Africa.
According to AGRA Watch, "This may not be a result of conscious
intentions but of a deeply embedded structural bias that casts African
scientists and scientific institutions as not qualified or legitimate
enough to receive grant funding."
Gates' Specialty: Philanthrocapitalism
Additional observations can be found in the AGRA Watch article9
"Philanthrocapitalism: The Gates Foundation's African Programs Are Not
Charity," published December 2017, in which philanthrocapitalism is
described as "an attempt to use market processes to do good," but
which is inherently problematic "as markets are ill-suited to producing
socially constructive ends."
Put another way, Gates' brand of philanthropy creates several new
problems for each one it solves. As noted in the article, advocates of
philanthrocapitalism:
"… often expect financial returns or secondary benefits
over the long term from their investments in social programs.
Philanthropy becomes another part of the engine of profit and corporate
control. The Gates Foundation's strategy for 'development' actually
promotes neoliberal economic policies and corporate globalization:
'It is ... likely that Bill Gates, who has regular access to
world leaders and is in effect personally bankrolling hundreds of
universities, international organizations, NGOs and media outlets, has
become the single most influential voice in international development.
Closer examination of the BMGF is critical given that its
influence is vast, indeed greater than most donor governments. The BMGF
provides more aid to global health than any country donor and is the
fifth largest donor to agriculture in developing countries.
In 2013, only 11 countries spent more on aid than the BMGF,
making it the world's 12th largest donor. The Gates Foundation has
become a bigger donor than countries such as Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
Ireland and Italy.'10"
Gates' Medical Plan: Global Immunization and Surveillance
One of the reasons many are now becoming aware of just how powerful
Gates has become is because of his frequent appearances as the COVID-19
expert du jour. It's an odd choice, considering his complete and total
lack of formal medical training. It's particularly perplexing in light
of how the opinions of actual medical doctors, award-winning
scientists and researchers who conflict with his views are being scrubbed off the internet.
Gates has repeatedly stated that life cannot go back to normal until and unless we vaccinate the entire global population against COVID-19.
This, despite the fact that scientists and medical researchers have
discovered a variety of safe, simple and inexpensive strategies to
prevent and treat COVID-19.
The fact that Gates' irrational and scientifically unsound opinions
are shaping pandemic responses around the globe while real medical
professionals are being censored by mainstream media and social media
platforms is proof positive that we're no longer operating from a base
of science and medical truth.
Instead, the whole world is expected to fall into line with the
self-serving agenda created by Gates and his many allies in technology
and medicine. In an April 30, 2020, GatesNotes post,11,12
Gates even states he "suspect[s] the COVID-19 vaccine will become part
of the routine newborn immunization schedule" — a nice little piece of
predictive programming, if you ask me.
Mind you, the mRNA vaccines being developed against COVID-19 will
alter your genetic expression, turning your body into a viral protein
factory. Is it really wise to consider using such a novel vaccine on
newborns? In a sane and rational world, the answer would be a
resounding no. Unfortunately, we now live in a world run by Gates'
goons, and thus reason and logic have largely vanished from the
equation.
In predictable Hegelian dialectic problem-reaction-solution fashion,
the problem of COVID-19 led to illogical and ill-conceived pandemic
responses such as mask mandates and house arrest of healthy people, followed by the "ultimate solution" of a hastily thrown together vaccine using novel mRNA technology.
Radical as all of that may seem, Gates' plans for the world do not
stop here. He's also pushing for the implementation of a vast, global
surveillance system to track and trace everyone's infection and
vaccination status. He's even funding the contact tracing group
Partners in Health, along with George Soros. (The William J. Clinton
Foundation has also funded Partners in Health in the past.13)
Not surprisingly, Gates' recommendations end up benefiting himself most of all. As discussed in "Bill Gates — Most Dangerous Philanthropist in Modern History?"
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donates billions to the very
same companies and industries that the Foundation owns stocks and bonds
in.
Using nonprofit money to advance research for companies you're
invested in is illegal, yet he's been getting away with this for many
years. At the same time, his Foundation gets tax breaks for the
charitable donations it makes money from.
Remember, he has "donated" tens of billions of dollars over the
years, yet his net worth hasn't dropped — it has doubled, and this is
largely because his donations are treated as tax deductible
investments. It's philanthrocapitalism at its finest.
Gates Is Major Benefactor of Pandemic Fear-Mongering
The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly Gates' biggest
philanthrocapitalist project to date, and he stands to cash in big, as
he's funding/investing in both therapeutics and COVID-19 vaccines.
In March 2020, the Gates Foundation announced14
a new partnership, dubbed "The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator," with
Wellcome and Mastercard to "coordinate R&D efforts and remove
barriers to drug development." According to the press release:15
"The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator will play a catalytic
role by accelerating and evaluating new and repurposed drugs and
biologics to treat patients with COVID-19 in the immediate term, and
other viral pathogens in the longer-term."
The Gates Foundation has also teamed up with Serum Institute of
India (SII) to manufacture 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
developed by AstraZeneca and Novavax. The vaccines, which will cost
less than $3 per dose, are slated for delivery to low-income countries.16,17
The funding is being funneled as an interest-free forgivable loan to
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, founded by the Gates Foundation in 2000,
which will then provide the needed capital to SII. Over the next five
years, the Foundation has also pledged to provide Gavi with a total of
$1.6 billion in additional funds.18
Gates' Attempt to Improve Education Was a Massive Failure
Having an overarching influence over technology, food and medicine
(vaccines in particular) still doesn't adequately describe Gates'
influence on our daily lives. He's also had a profound influence over
education. The much-criticized Common Core curriculum was the Gates
Foundation's attempt at remaking American education,19 and most parents can tell you how dumb that was.20
Despite that abysmal failure, May 6, 2020, New York Gov. Andrew
Cuomo announced the state is partnering with the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation to develop "a smarter education system" for the
post-COVID world that will focus on online learning and permanently
integrate technology into every aspect of civic life.21
The state is also partnering with Google, and Cuomo has asked former
Google CEO Eric Schmidt to head a new panel to plan the state's
technological infrastructure.22 As noted by The Intercept,23
the surveillance apparatus that consumers have been railing against is
now being rebranded as the answer to everyone's health concerns.
Gates Is the Most Visible Figurehead of Modern Technocracy
Whether preplanned or not, the COVID-19 pandemic
is clearly being used to usher in highly controversial changes that
are unmistakably totalitarian-building, including the private take-over
of government through public-private partnerships.
Surveillance has become the biggest for-profit industry on the
planet, and your entire existence is now being targeted for profit.
Among those who stand to profit the most is Gates himself.
For a better understanding of what you're giving up by going along
with the mainstream narrative that we need Big Tech to save us, see my
article about social psychologist and Harvard professor Shoshana Zuboff and her extraordinary book, "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism."
You also won't want to miss my recent interview with Patrick Wood, featured in "The Pressing Dangers of Technocracy." I've embedded that interview below for your convenience.
He paints a picture that can be hard to swallow, especially if
you're just coming around to hearing about all of this for the first
time, but it's really crucial that everyone begin to understand what
we're facing. Time is running out. To have any chance of stopping it,
we must understand our trajectory, and unite to change the course Gates
and others like him have set for us.
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