From “Planting Seeds” in The Guardian in January:

“Bill and Melinda Gates hate controversy, but the world’s top philanthropists do seem to be moving ever deeper into political lobbying. They’ve just given the Danforth plant science centre in St Louis $5.4m (£3.8m) to help them persuade African and other poor countries to “overcome regulatory hurdles” and allow the field testing of bio-fortified GM crops. So what is Danforth? Just a “charity” set up and funded by Monsanto.” (Ref: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; please also see The Guardian’s clarification of the above statement.)

From Wikipedia:

“The Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a secure seedbank located on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen near the town of Longyearbyen in the remote Arctic Svalbard archipelago. The facility was established to preserve a wide variety of plant seeds from locations worldwide in an underground cavern. The Seed Vault holds duplicate samples, or “spare” copies, of seeds held in genebanks worldwide. The Seed Vault will provide insurance against the loss of seeds in genebanks, as well as a refuge for seeds in the case of large scale regional or global crises. The island of Spitsbergen is about 1,120 kilometres (700 mi) from the North Pole.”

The Gates Foundation has also donated $34.6 million to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, along with contributions from DuPont and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Now why would the Gates Foundation want to use its resources to force indigenous farmers to destroy their seed supply while the Foundation was financing the ultimate seed bank?

Think about it…

16 Comments

  1. This is fascinating. Thank you so much for this post and this site.
    I’m so glad that I have the resources which allow me to learn about what is happening around me, but because of people like the Rockefellers and the Gates I’m afraid that this easy and free access of information will not be available in the near future. Not to mention, by the way things are going, and have been going for decades, I don’t see any sort of easy or free access to anything in the years to come.
    Considering they’ve already monopolized the technology market, the seed vaults and food/water markets (watch the documentary Flow), I don’t see the prospect of freedom and the pursuit of happiness fitting in anywhere in their new world order.
    This disgusting abuse of power and money needs to end, now.

  2. Catherine, I would ask that you elaborate some on your prior post “…watch out for green investing bubble helping the powers that be control real solutions.” Would like to hear more of your thoughts on this subject.

  3. Thanks to MikeW and Catherine for the reply. It’s interesting to think that they can make a bubble out of fiat currency. Insane, actually.

    As for seed monopolists, all you have to do is look up the documentary “The World According to Monsanto” and you begin to realize how fragile our world is since GMO seeds have taken over. Or read something by Vandana Shiva, or Michael Pollan. The seed banks seem to be their back-up plan, in case GMO doesn’t work out the way they ‘planned’.

  4. Sadie — I’m bummed out. Couldn’t find the documentary “The World According to Monsanto” on Netflix. Also, not in my local library. Must be a conspiracy…LOL. Any thoughts on where this may be available?

  5. I see the guardian has posted a correction regarding the Danforth centre and Monsanto. Even with the correction I still don’t trust Monsanto.

  6. Every American should start growing a garden in their back yards this year. Use nothing but open pollinated, heirloom seeds. Grow one type of each so you keep the type pure. No cross pollination. Have your neighbors grow other types and trade. Anyone with larger lots should grow some wheat and barley and corn. Save the seed. Pass it around. We can start our own “growing seed bank.”
    Thank you for this article Catherine. they are up to no good!

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