Bill's Letter Calls For Fair Play In Agriculture

Source: Gates Foundation

"Innovation is the key to improving the world," Bill opens in the annual letter from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, pointing to the extraordinary progress made globally in innovation. And yet, he goes on, over 1 billion people live in extreme poverty.  That's 15% of the population. They are short of food yet most of them live and work on farms. Perhaps the word 'farm' here means more of a smallholding, as Bill says this land doesn't produce enough food for these families to live on.  

At Sustainability Consult, we are fascinated by food, the food industry and organic/alternative food movements so it's great to see someone so influential attacking this issue.  

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