Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Some food activists are extremely worried about all the money the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives to help farmers. It’s one thing to protest extractive companies cutting corners to make a profit, and quite another to protest an organization that aims to improve the world. I wanted to know what was going on. I looked closely at the concerns about the Gates Foundation a few months back, in this story (grist.org/food/teaching-a-humongous-foundation-to-listen-to-small-farmers/). But we know that not everyone likes to read thousands of words on the internet — so we’ve boiled it down to some of the key points in this video. Hope you like it!
Script: Nathanael Johnson
Production: Daniel Penner
Illustration: Amelia Bates
Music: "I can't help myself" by Boris & Olivier
freemusicarchive.org/music/Boris__Olivier/Holiday_On/I_cant_help_myself_1 – CC by 2.5
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Some food activists are extremely worried about all the money the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives to help farmers. It’s one thing to protest extractive companies cutting corners to make a profit, and quite another to protest an organization that aims to improve the world. I wanted to know what was going on. I looked closely at the concerns about the Gates Foundation a few months back, in this story (grist.org/food/teaching-a-humongous-foundation-to-listen-to-small-farmers/). But we know that not everyone likes to read thousands of words on the internet — so we’ve boiled it down to some of the key points in this video. Hope you like it!
Script: Nathanael Johnson
Production: Daniel Penner
Illustration: Amelia Bates
Music: "I can't help myself" by Boris & Olivier
freemusicarchive.org/music/Boris__Olivier/Holiday_On/I_cant_help_myself_1 – CC by 2.5
Help us caption & translate this video!
amara.org/v/QTL4
