Jeff Bezos and Biomanufactured Food - Our Fake Food Future

This announcement recently appeared on the Bezos Earth Fund website:

 

The Bezos Earth Fund was established in 2020 by Amazon's Jeff Bezos in 2020 with a funding commitment of $20 billion to be disbursed by 2030 as grants to address climate and nature.  Here's a quote from their "Who We Are" and "Our Journey" webpages:

 

"The problems we face require all hands on-deck. Philanthropy has a crucial role to play in providing effective flexible funds and risk-taking capacity, and in bringing independent expertise to the design of solutions. The Bezos Earth Fund team is a new philanthropy, and as such we are still learning from others. We are building an inspiring team of thought leaders, problem solvers, and doers from scientific, government, private, and nonprofit backgrounds, all working to deliver transformational change in these critical times."

 

"The Bezos Earth Fund was established with the largest philanthropic commitment ever to fight climate change and protect nature. We aim to harness the best of human ingenuity, adaptability, and collective action to create a future in which everyone can thrive."

Yes indeed, everyone can thrive...but by everyone, they mean the global aristocracy.

 

So far, $1.63 billion in funding has been disbursed by the Bezos Earth Fund since the first grants were made in November 2020.

 

As an aside, the choice of 2030 as a timeframe is not random, it just happens to be the date by which the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals must be achieved.

  

On March 12, 2024, the Bezos Earth Fund Vice Chair, Lauren Sanchez (who just happens to be Jeff Bezos fiancee) announced an initial $60 million commitment to establish Bezos Centers for Sustainable Protein as part of the Bezos Earth Fund's commitment to "food transformation".  Here is a quote from the press release:

 

"The Centers will target major technological barriers to reducing cost, increasing quality, and boosting nutritional benefit of alternative proteins by advancing science and technology. To date, challenges in biomanufacturing – the production, at scale, of sustainable protein products, whether plant based, fermented, or cultivated – are resulting in high costs and limited quality. There are also enormous opportunities to enhance the texture and boost flavor through innovation in cell biology and engineering.

 

We need to feed 10 billion people with healthy, sustainable food throughout this century while protecting our planet. We can do it, and it will require a ton of innovation,” said Sánchez. “Our world is poised for transformation, for a future not constrained by compromise. Solutions to our greatest challenges often come from the quiet persistence of those willing to question, reimagine, and innovate.”

 

The press release goes on to note the following:

 

"Food is the second largest cause of climate change, and agriculture is the primary driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss. Making the food system more sustainable requires changing the way we produce and consume food. Given population and income growth, by 2050 food consumption is expected to rise by 50%, while emissions from food will need to fall by 60% and pressure on vital forest systems will need to be reduced. New ideas, technologies, and behaviors can make this possible."

 

So, a fake food future it is.

 

If you had to make a choice between fake, biomanufactured food or this from our overlords at the World Economic Forum: 

 

...which would you choose?

 

In closing, when you consider your food choice, remember this significant single-point source of climate-changing emissions which is allowed because it is sourced from the ruling class: