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'Why Are You Buying Up So Much Farmland?' — Bill Gates Owns 275,000 Acres Across The U.S. But Says: 'There Isn't Some Grand Scheme Involved'

If you've ever joked that Bill Gates might be behind your fries, it turns out that punchline isn't too far off. While conspiracy theories swirl around burgers and billionaires, one thing's confirmed: ...
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Food, Climate, or Power? Why Is Bill Gates Buying up Farmland on a Massive Scale?

What does the co-founder of Microsoft, a man who made his fortune in the intangible realm of binary code, want with thousands of acres of American soil? The punchline, however, is dead serious. Bill ...
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Bill Gates says he owns 1 out of every 4000 acres of all US farmland – why has he taken such a big position?

This article adheres to strict editorial standards. Some or all links may be monetized. After Bill Gates moved on from his role at Microsoft, the company he founded, he shifted his focus to ...
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Digging into claim Bill Gates got approval to 'secretly' spray RNA on crops

In late July 2025, a rumor spread widely across social media platforms that billionaire investor Bill Gates received approval to "secretly" spray synthetic RNA on food crops in the United States. One ...
Des Moines Register

Iowa farmland consolidation expected to grow as state faces 'tidal wave' of transition

Access to farmland likely will become even more difficult in the future as fewer and fewer people own more and more of Iowa farmland. The Mormon church and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates are among ...
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Kyrie Irving Says It's 'Weird' Bill Gates Owns So Much Land and Water — 'He Owns the Majority of the Water in the U.S.…I Think That's Weird'

Kyrie Irving is once again making headlines, but this time it's not for anything basketball-related. The injured Dallas Mavericks All-Star took to Twitch—yes, the livestreaming platform mostly known ...