Bill Gates Supports GMO Development with $25 Million

February 18th, 2013 - Jill Ettinger

Bill Gates

Furthering his commitment to using biotechnology and genetically modified foods in combating global hunger, Bill Gates has contributed $25 million along with Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim, to support the development of new biotech labs at Mexico’s International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center.

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Gates Foundation Gives $10 Million to GMO Research

July 21st, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Lab

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has made its support of genetically modified foods no secret over the years, and the recent $10 million grant awarded by the foundation to a team of British plant scientists makes it even more apparent.

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Bill Gates Likes His Bananas Genetically Modified – Do You?

April 16th, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Banana

As part of ongoing efforts to battle hunger and malnutrition throughout the developing world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation are teaming up to fund research into the development of bananas.

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Bill Gates’ Newest Favorite Technology? Genetically Modified Organisms

February 2nd, 2012 - Jill Ettinger

Bill Gates

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates came to the defense of genetically modified organisms and the potential they hold to “feed the world” and help relieve global poverty issues in a recent annual letter released on his foundation’s website.

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