Twitter worries about Bill and Melinda Gates secret life as farmland owners
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Social media users had a lot to say about the Gates’ secret life as farmland owners, with one Twitter user writing, “Bill Gates buying all the farmland, if he really wanted to empower people he should start a program offering people living in urban s***holes to transition to a more wholesome and agrarian life centered around regenerative farming.” Bold words. Another social media user who was skeptical of Bill’s farmland intentions added that they found it strange that media outlets were focusing on the Gates’ divorce, rather than the impact that farming has on the United States (and Bill’s connection to it all). A third, skeptical Twitter user suggested, “nobody stops to ask ‘What if Bill Gates got into the farmland game bc previous generations of landowners already made US farmland the world’s best vehicle for tax avoidance’” (via Twitter).
Twitter concern about the Gates’ vast landholdings was articulated, again, in a The Guardian op-ed, which asked: regardless of the Gates’ intentions, shouldn’t we all be freaking out at their “monopolistic” control over our means of producing food? While Bill and Melinda Gates may not have signed a prenup, BBC reports that they did sign a “separation contract” before filing divorce papers. In it, they agreed to split assets. Included in the contract, presumably, are their vast landholdings, although no details as to who gets what have been publicly disclosed.
Divorce Reveals One Of Bill Gates’ Best-Kept Secrets
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And then, there’s this. We all knew Bill Gates was rich. Before Bill and Melinda’s divorce went public, we didn’t know just how much he owned.
Bill and Melinda Gates are the biggest farmland owners in America
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It’s hard to know what Bill and Melinda intend (or intended, given their divorce) to do with their land acquisitions. In March 2021 Bill admitted to Reddit users in a Ask Me Anything session that “My investment group chose to do this. It is not connected to climate” (via AFN). He further emphasized, “The agriculture sector is important. With more productive seeds we can avoid deforestation and help Africa deal with the climate difficulty they already face. It is unclear how cheap biofuels can be but if they are cheap it can solve the aviation and truck emissions.” The Gates Foundation’s agriculture initiative, Gates Ag One, also professes to be a proponent of sustainable farming strategies (via The Land Report).
Twitter worries about Bill and Melinda Gates secret life as farmland owners
Frederic Stevens/Getty Images
Social media users had a lot to say about the Gates’ secret life as farmland owners, with one Twitter user writing, “Bill Gates buying all the farmland, if he really wanted to empower people he should start a program offering people living in urban s***holes to transition to a more wholesome and agrarian life centered around regenerative farming.” Bold words. Another social media user who was skeptical of Bill’s farmland intentions added that they found it strange that media outlets were focusing on the Gates’ divorce, rather than the impact that farming has on the United States (and Bill’s connection to it all). A third, skeptical Twitter user suggested, “nobody stops to ask ‘What if Bill Gates got into the farmland game bc previous generations of landowners already made US farmland the world’s best vehicle for tax avoidance’” (via Twitter).
Twitter concern about the Gates’ vast landholdings was articulated, again, in a The Guardian op-ed, which asked: regardless of the Gates’ intentions, shouldn’t we all be freaking out at their “monopolistic” control over our means of producing food? While Bill and Melinda Gates may not have signed a prenup, BBC reports that they did sign a “separation contract” before filing divorce papers. In it, they agreed to split assets. Included in the contract, presumably, are their vast landholdings, although no details as to who gets what have been publicly disclosed.
Twitter concern about the Gates’ vast landholdings was articulated, again, in a The Guardian op-ed, which asked: regardless of the Gates’ intentions, shouldn’t we all be freaking out at their “monopolistic” control over our means of producing food? While Bill and Melinda Gates may not have signed a prenup, BBC reports that they did sign a “separation contract” before filing divorce papers. In it, they agreed to split assets. Included in the contract, presumably, are their vast landholdings, although no details as to who gets what have been publicly disclosed.
