{"id":32225,"date":"2021-03-26T07:12:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=32225"},"modified":"2021-03-26T07:12:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:12:22","slug":"reject-bill-gates-impossible-burger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=32225","title":{"rendered":"Reject Bill Gates\u2019 Impossible Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32226\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Impossible_Burger.png\" alt=\"Impossible Burger\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Impossible_Burger.png 250w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Impossible_Burger-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Impossible_Burger-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emperor Gates has a new decree: \u201cAll rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Gates has invested in Impossible Foods whose CEO, Pat Brown, says his genetically engineered synthetic meat substitutes will replace the use of animals by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d think Impossible Foods would focus on the horrors of factory farming. Instead, Gates and Brown take aim at regenerative organic agriculture and grass-fed beef. According to\u00a0<a class=\"linked _3_54N ig9Cs ALevz _1MTCR\" title=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"invisible\">http:\/\/<\/span>Fortune.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGates and Brown believe that genetically modified seeds and chemical herbicides, in the right doses\u2013\u2013and not land-intensive organic farming\u2013\u2013are crucial to curbing carbon emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That old lie about organic farming has been thoroughly debunked, and real climate activists know \u201cIt\u2019s not the cow, it\u2019s the how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But our best argument is what everyone instinctively knows, even before they learn the science: Genetically modified and synthetic Frankenfoods like the Impossible Burger aren\u2019t good for us.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"linked _3_54N ig9Cs ALevz _1MTCR\" title=\"https:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/bytes\/biodemocracy-or-biofascism\" href=\"https:\/\/www.organicconsumers.org\/bytes\/biodemocracy-or-biofascism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"invisible\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>organicconsumers.org\/bytes\/biodemocracy-or-bi<\/a>ofascism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emperor Gates has a new decree: \u201cAll rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef.\u201d Bill Gates has invested in Impossible Foods whose CEO, Pat Brown, says his genetically engineered synthetic meat substitutes will replace the use of animals by 2035. You\u2019d think Impossible Foods would focus on the horrors of factory farming. Instead, Gates &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=32225\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Reject Bill Gates\u2019 Impossible Burger&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32227,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32225\/revisions\/32227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}