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21. Son of Gates Foundation donor criticises Foundation's approach to Africa ...: (2014); Farmer Howard Buffett says, "We need to quit thinking about trying to do it like we do it in America" Some of our subscribers have expressed surprise at the fact that a director of Bill Gates's pet projec ...; Created on 29 November 2014
22. Why is Bill Gates backing GMO red banana "biopiracy"? ...: (2014); The Gates Foundation has sunk $15 million into developing GMO "super bananas" with high levels of pro-Vitamin A – but the project is using "stolen" genes from an existing non-GMO banana cultivar EXCERP ...; Created on 25 November 2014
23. Gates Foundation spends bulk of agriculture grants in rich countries ...: (2014); Most Gates Foundation dollars to "feed the hungry" go on high-tech seeds and chemicals sold by US agribiz The majority of the $3 billion spent by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on improving agricultura ...; Created on 04 November 2014
24. Behind the mask of altruism: Monsanto and the Gates Foundation in Africa ...: (2014); ... at the expense of more ecologically sound approaches The Gates Foundation is pushing chemically based agriculture and GMOs into Africa. But Africans are fighting back and are demanding agroecology ...; Created on 21 October 2014
25. Critics say Gates Foundation’s agriculture program won’t help poor farmers ...: (2014); ... a Green Revolution in Africa) may have been to address hunger, but that it was actually to sell products, specifically fertilizers, pesticides, hybrids, and GMO seeds. Critics say Gates Foundation’s ...; Created on 15 October 2014
26. Critics of Gates’ ag programs bring the battle to Seattle ...: (2014); Leaders of African farm groups argue that the Gates Foundation’s strategy is a flawed attempt to impose industrial agriculture at the expense of more ecologically sound approaches EXCERPT: Elizabeth ...; Created on 13 October 2014
27. USDA investigates Roundup Ready GM wheat found growing in Montana ...: (2014); Agency clueless on how GM wheat got into Oregon field The USDA has no idea how GM wheat got into an Oregon farmer's field in 2013. Now it's opened a new investigation into a different GM wheat variety ...; Created on 26 September 2014
28. Gates Foundation should step away from funding GM crops in Africa ...: (2012); Gates Foundation should step away from funding genetically modified crops in Africa Ashley Fent and Phil Bereano The Seattle Times, November 4 2012 http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2019592191_fentbereanoopedxml.html ...; Created on 05 November 2012
29. Gates foundation promotes false solutions to hunger in Africa ...: (2012); ... –- Gates foundation-led green revolution promotes false solutions to hunger in Africa www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2012/gates-foundation-led-green-revolution-promotes-false-solutions-to-hunger-in-africa ...; Created on 27 September 2012
30. Bill Gates should forget GM crops ...: (2012); ... read: "John Innes Centre scientists in Norwich given $9.8m for 'blue sky' project with little prospect of helping African farmers." http://gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/14072 –- –- Bill Gate ...; Created on 18 July 2012
31. Anger after Gates gives millions to British lab ...: (2012); 1.Anger after Bill Gates gives GBP6m to British lab to develop GM crops 2.GBP6.4m grant awarded for GM cereals EXTRACTS: Dr Michael Antoniou, a molecular geneticist from King's College London's medic ...; Created on 16 July 2012
32. Gates bankrolls GM nitrogen fixing, more important work starved of funds ...: (2012); 1.Gates bankrolls GM nitrogen fixing, more important work starved of funds – GM Freeze 2.British GM crop scientists win $10m grant from Gates – BBC News –- –- 1.Gates Bankrolls GM Nitrogen Fixing, More ...; Created on 15 July 2012
33. Sam Dryden - Gates' head of agriculture ...: (2012); ... *The Gates Foundation's head of agriculture has attracted criticism for his involvement with global agribusiness, but he insists his aim is to improve life for the world's poorest farmers When it co ...; Created on 06 July 2012
34. When Bill Gates pushes high-tech agriculture, who benefits? ...: (2012); ... should be challenged far more energetically than it is. Sadly, it looks like Gates, with all his crushing power, wealth and influence, is oiling this propaganda machine. –- –- When Bill Gates pushes high-tec ...; Created on 28 April 2012
35. Shut down Monsanto protest at Gates Foundation ...: (Protests); Activists march on the Gates Foundation and demand that they stop working with Monsanto & stop spreading genetically altered seeds in Africa. (Time 2:54) wDO9gE2rshg Protests videos ...; Created on 05 April 2012
36. Bill Gates and GM crops ...: (2012); ... se to Bill Gates and GM crops The Seattle Times, 4 March 2012 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices/2017651458_responsetobillgatesandgmcrops.html Dryden misses the point The response ...; Created on 28 March 2012
37. Gates' support of GM wrong approach for Africa ...: (2012); NOTE: Great to see such well reasoned and sustained opposition to what Bill Gates is doing in agriculture being voiced in Gates' home town paper. That it comes from the pen of an African makes this all ...; Created on 28 February 2012
38. Bill Gates funding climate denial group ...: (2012); ... obtained internal Heartland Institute documents have confirmed that the anti-environmental lobby group is not only backed by the Koch oil billionaires and U.S. tobacco giants, but by Bill Gates' Microsoft. ...; Created on 15 February 2012
39. Gates and the millions funding geoengineering ...: (2012); NOTE: At first glance this may appear to have nothing to do with genetic engineering but in fact it provides another good example of Bill Gates' ideological commitment to top-down high tech "solutions" ...; Created on 09 February 2012
40. What Bill Gates doesn't know about GMOs ...: (2012); The Flip-Side: What Bill Gates Doesn't Know About GMOs Take Part, 2 February 2012 http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/02/02/the-flip-side-what-bill-gates-doesnt-know-about-gmos *The Pesticide Action Networ ...; Created on 04 February 2012

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