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Bill Gates has invested—either personally or via vehicles he’s linked to—in multiple companies developing plant-based and cell-cultured meat, including early stakes in Memphis Meats (now Upside Foods)...
U.S. beef imports rose sharply in 2024–25 as domestic production tightened; USDA/ERS and multiple industry outlets show imports peaking around 4.4–5.18 billion pounds in 2025 depending on the forecast...
Venezuela’s wave of expropriations since the 2000s transferred hundreds of foreign- and domestically‑owned firms and farms into state control, contributing to sharp declines in private-sector activity...
The widely reported figure is that descendants of the Cargill and MacMillan families collectively control roughly 87–90% of Cargill Inc.; multiple reputable outlets and compilations converge on an est...
Cargill remains a privately held company controlled by descendants of the Cargill and MacMillan families rather than public investors; multiple sources describe concentrated family ownership and a his...
Most available reporting agrees that pink Himalayan salt and common table salt are both overwhelmingly sodium chloride, and pink salt contains "up to" ~80–84 trace minerals (iron, calcium, magnesium, ...
Estimates from business press and independent outlets converge around roughly 88–90% of Cargill being held by descendants of the Cargill and MacMillan lines, with “about 90–100” individual family owne...
OpenSecrets’ “Food Stores” category shows the industry gave about $5.4 million in the 2016 cycle; later-cycle totals and company-level breakdowns are available in OpenSecrets and Reuters’ reporting sh...
Recent reporting and court records show repeated allegations against Cargill of child labor, forced or “slave‑like” labor, and worker‑wage harms in several countries and in its U.S. operations. Notabl...
No public reporting in the provided sources shows a major family feud, sale, or large-scale generational transfer that altered Cargill’s controlling ownership or replaced the MacMillan–Cargill family’...
Gelatin and animal-derived collagen can be replaced by a suite of plant-based thickeners and newer engineered ingredients that cover most culinary and many industrial needs, but they are not one-size-...
Tyson Foods’ decision to close its Lexington, Nebraska beef plant and cut shifts elsewhere is already reshaping competitor behavior and keeping retail and wholesale beef prices elevated because the mo...
Regulators and industry players apply food‑grade standards and third‑party testing to salts sold for consumption, but oversight specific to “gourmet” salts like Himalayan pink salt is patchy: one peer...
Allegations against Cargill span labor abuses — including historic lawsuits over child and forced labor in cocoa and complaints about migrant and slaughterhouse working conditions — and environmental ...
Cargill is a vast, privately held global agribusiness operating across roughly 70 countries with revenues historically in the triple‑digit billions and a workforce exceeding 150,000, and it presents i...