Fake Meat, Fake Breastmilk and Food Shortages

Via Mercola

Story at-a-glance

  • Bill Gates appears to be behind the push to stop breastfeeding and encourage uptake of BIOMILQ, a cell-cultured “human milk” made in a lab, along with other varieties of fake food
  • Nearly every large meat and dairy processor/manufacturer has also acquired or developed plant-based meat and dairy substitutes
  • This “protein” industry convergence is jeopardizing the resilience of the food system and reducing genetic diversity of livestock and crops
  • When you factor in soy production as well as the use of conventional energy sources, lab-grown meat may be worse for the environment than conventionally produced chicken and pork
  • There are signs that the fake meat industry may be failing before it ever gets off the ground; shares of Beyond Meat lost $6 billion since March 2020 due to weak sales growth
  • To save the planet and support your health, skip all the fake meat alternatives and opt for real food that’s being raised using regenerative, grass fed methods

Fake food is being poised as a panacea to end world hunger and food shortages, but there’s nothing miraculous about synthetic, lab-made food. It can’t compare to food that comes from nature in terms of nutrition or environmental protection, and as we’re seeing with the mysterious infant formula shortages, when you’re dependent on fake food, your very survival is also dependent on the handful of companies that manufacture them.

With parents getting desperate in the search for infant formula, it’s eye-opening that campaigns haven’t been started to encourage new mothers to breastfeed — the best food for infants and one that also happens to be free and readily available in most cases. If you haven’t read my article on the best workaround for infant formula for those that are unable to breast feed, it is on Substack.

In the video above, you can watch a concerning timeline about why this may be, as Bill Gates appears to be behind the push to stop breastfeeding and encourage uptake of BIOMILQ, a cell-cultured “human milk” made in a lab,1 along with other varieties of fake food.

Bill Gates’ Formula for Disaster

In June 2020, Bill Gates announced startup company BIOMILQ, which is using biotechnology to create lab-made human milk for babies. Using mammary epithelial cells placed in flasks with cell culture media, the cells grow and are placed in a bioreactor that the company says “recreates conditions similar to in the breast.”2

This synthetic lab-made breast milk replacement raised $3.5 million in funding from Gates’ investment firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures.3 Gates has also contributed at least $319 million to the media,4 including The Guardian, allowing him to control and dictate what they print. The day after the Gates Foundation paid The Guardian its annual funding in May 2022, it released a hit piece on breastfeeding titled, “Turns out breastfeeding really does hurt — why does no one tell you?”5

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) offers also seized 588 cases of infant formula from Europe in April 2021 because it lacked appropriate nutritional labeling. In February 2021, CBP officers said they inspected 17 separate shipments of infant formula from Germany and The Netherlands, leading to a warning against buying infant formula online from overseas.

At the time, Keith Fleming, CBP’s acting director of field operations in Baltimore, Maryland, said in a news release:6

“Consumers should be very careful when contemplating the purchase of items over the internet from an international source, because they may not get what they expect. People expect that the products they purchase comply with existing U.S. health and safety laws and regulations and they’ll be safe for them or their family. That’s not always the case.”

While warning Americans against purchasing infant formula from overseas, in February 2022 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced bacterial contamination at the Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis, Michigan facility,7 which is behind the current infant formula shortages. While Gates is clearly behind the push to stop breastfeeding and encourage BIOMILQ in lieu of breastmilk or formula, the formula shortages highlight the risks of consolidated food production.

Abbott Enriched Shareholders While Formula Sickened Babies

Corporate consolidation is rampant in the U.S. baby formula market, of which 90% is controlled by four companies. Abbot is among them, responsible for 43% of baby formula production in the U.S.8 Yet, according to a whistleblower filing from October 2021, equipment at the company’s Sturgis facility was “failing and in need of repair.”

Pitting and pinholes reportedly existed in a number of pipes, allowing bacterial contamination. Leadership was aware of the failing equipment for up to seven years before the February 2022 outbreak, according to the whistleblower’s report.9

With equipment in need of repair, and a bacteria outbreak in their formula sickening babies, Abbott used its massive profits from 2019 to 2021 to announce a lucrative stock buyback program.10 According to The Guardian:11

“Abbott detected bacteria eight times as its net profits soared by 94% between 2019 and 2021. And just as its tainted formula allegedly began sickening a number of babies, with two deaths reported, the company increased dividends to shareholders by over 25% while announcing a stock buyback program worth $5bn.”

Speaking with The Guardian, Rakeen Mabud, chief economist for the Groundwork Collaborative, added, “Abbott chose to prioritize shareholders by issuing billions of dollars in stock buybacks instead of making productive investments.”12

Big Meat and Dairy Companies Dominate Fake Meat Industry

The increasing number of plant-based fake foods and lab-grown meat companies give the illusion that consumers are getting more choices and the food industry is becoming less consolidated. However, there are still relatively few firms that are controlling the global grab for “protein” markets.

In a research article published in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Philip Howard, a faculty member in the department of community sustainability at Michigan State University, and colleagues explain how this “protein” industry convergence is further jeopardizing the resilience of the food system and reducing genetic diversity of livestock and crops:13

“Recent years have seen the convergence of industries that focus on higher protein foods, such as meat processing firms expanding into plant-based substitutes and/or cellular meat production, and fisheries firms expanding into aquaculture. A driving force behind these changes is dominant firms seeking to increase their power relative to close competitors, including by extending beyond boundaries that pose constraints to growth.

The broad banner of “protein” offers a promising space to achieve this goal, despite its nutritionally reductionist focus on a single macronutrient. Protein firm strategies to increase their dominance are likely to further diminish equity in food systems by exacerbating power asymmetries.”

Tyson and Cargill, two of the largest meat processors in the world, for instance, have invested in fake meat company Memphis Meats, which also has backing from Bill Gates and Richard Branson. Other billionaires invested in fake foods include Sergey Brin (Mosa Meat), Peter Thiel (Modern Meadow) and Marc Benioff (Eat Just).

“These companies wouldn’t be making these investments if they didn’t expect that the intellectual properties held by these start-ups will lead to monopoly profits,” Howard notes.14 In “The Politics of Protein,” a report from the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food), Howard explains:15

“Nearly every large meat and dairy processor/manufacturer has also acquired or developed plant-based meat and dairy substitutes, establishing footholds in a market that is growing approximately 20% per year.

More than a dozen of these firms have also invested in start-ups that are attempting to commercialize lab-grown meat and fish. Meanwhile, Vanguard and BlackRock — two of the world’s biggest asset management firms — have investments in almost all the largest meat, dairy, and animal feed companies.”

It is important to understand why all of these fake meat products are an absolute metabolic disaster relates to the fact that they are using vegetable fats to replace animal fats. Not only are they devoid of important vitamins like vitamin A and vitamin K2, but they are loaded with the dangerous omega-6 fat linoleic acid LA.

In some cases they contain up to 10 to 20 times the amount found in meats, which will radically contribute to diseases like diabetes, obesity, cancer and heart disease.

Lab-Grown Food Is an Environmental Catastrophe

The push for fake food is being made on the platform that it will somehow save the environment from the ravages of factory farming, which has devastated the environment with its concentrated animal feeding operations and monocultures. But this, too, is misleading.

In February 2021, the Good Food Institute (GFI), a nonprofit group behind the alternative protein industry, released a techno-economic analysis of cultivated meat, which was prepared by consulting firm CE Delft.16 In it, they developed a model to reduce the current costs of cultured meat production down to a point that would make it economically feasible in full-scale plants by 2030, a model they said is “feasible.”

In attempting to create cultured meat on the scale that would be necessary to feed the world, logistical problems are numerous and, possibly, insurmountable. There are waste products — catabolites — to deal with, as even cultured cells excrete waste that is toxic.

And, the oxygen and nutrients available must be adequately distributed to all the cells — something that’s difficult in a large reactor. Stirring the cells faster or adding more oxygen may help, but this can cause fatal stress to the cells.17

The environmental “benefits” are also on shaky ground when you factor in soy production as well as the use of conventional energy sources. When this is factored in, GFI’s life-cycle analysis found that cultured meat may be worse for the environment than conventionally produced chicken and pork.18,19

Farmer and historian John Lewis-Stempel also points out that the world’s farmers already produce enough food for the global population: “[A]ny discussion of global food policy needs to begin with one plain fact: there is … no actual food shortage. Already, the planet’s farmers produce enough food to cater for the projected 10 billion humans of 2050. The problem is waste and distribution.”20

Yet, the push for the creation of fake protein sources continues. In the foreword to Navdanya International’s report “False Solutions That Endanger Our Health and Damage the Planet,” Vandana Shiva also details how lab-grown foods are catastrophic for human health and the environment, as they are repeating the mistakes already made with industrial agriculture:21

“In response to the crises in our food system, we are witnessing the rise of technological solutions that aim to replace animal products and other food staples with lab-grown alternatives. Artificial food advocates are reiterating the old and failed rhetoric that industrial agriculture is essential to feed the world.

Real, nutrient-rich food is gradually disappearing, while the dominant industrial agricultural model is causing an increase in chronic diseases and exacerbating climate change. The notion that high-tech, “farm free” lab food is a viable solution to the food crisis is simply a continuation of the same mechanistic mindset which has brought us to where we are today — the idea that we are separate from and outside of nature.

Industrial food systems have reduced food to a commodity, to “stuff” that can then be constituted in the lab. In the process, both the planet’s health and our health have been nearly destroyed.”

Signs the Fake Meat Industry Is Stalling

For all of its fanfare, there are signs that the fake meat industry may be failing before it ever gets off the ground. Shares of Beyond Meat, for one example, lost $6 billion since March 2020 due to weak sales growth and has resorted to partnering with PepsiCo to release a plant-based jerky product.

“My analysis is the launch will do very little to increase the company’s fortunes,” writes business development consultant Victor Martino in Just Food.22 He argues that the “plant-based meat revolution” is just a PR stunt, a narrative that’s set to implode:23

“The fact is, despite increased product availability in terms of brand choices and added retail outlets, plant-based meat sales stalled in 2021, recording zero growth, according to recent research from SPINS, data commissioned and released by The Plant-Based Foods Association and The Good Food Institute.

According to the research, the total annual sales of plant-based meat in the US remained stable at $1.4 billion. That’s a continuation of the 1.4% share of total meat category sales.”

Shares of Beyond Meat and Oatly, a plant-based milk substitute, have lost more than half their value in 2022,24 but this isn’t to say that their executives are suffering. Beyond Meat’s former chief growth officer Chuck Muth sold shares valued at more than $62 million from 2019 to 2021, while Biz Stone, a current board member and Twitter co-founder, has made millions on Beyond Meat stock.25

The fact remains that when private companies control the food supply, they will also ultimately control countries and entire populations. Biotech will eventually push farmers and ranchers out of the equation and will threaten food security and human health. In other words, the work being done in the name of sustainability and saving the planet will give greater control to private corporations while weakening the population.

To save the planet and support your health, skip all the fake meat alternatives and opt for real food that’s being raised the right way instead. When you shop for food, know your farmer and look for regenerative, biodynamic and/or grass fed farming methods, which are bringing you truly sustainable food for a healthy population and planet.

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realestatepup
realestatepup

I have a family member who was a very fit, athletic body builder for most of the late 90s and into most of the 2000s. Then he met a vegan woman and got married….
I believe she pressured him into become vegan. He used the old trope of “killing animals for food is wrong blah blah blah”.
Well. Fast forward to approximately 7 years of vegan and plant-based “meat” food. His health deteriorated. He lost a lot of weight and not on purpose. He became extremely anemic. He had joint pain, body aches, and felt like he had a fever all the time. He looked pretty bad. Back and forth to the doc with no real answers.
During the lockdowns of 2020 he stayed with me for 4 months. He brought that soy “meat” into my house and cooked it. It smelled like vomit on fire. Seriously. He ate it almost every day, along with almost all plant foods, fruits, some nuts, and veggies. Zero milk, eggs, fish, etc.
I started looking into this crap, how they make it. Eye-opening to say the least. Go ahead and read about the manufacturing of this stuff and it will blow your mind. The amount of chemicals and processing that soy requires to “taste” like meat is astounding.
And yeah, the Omega-6 is off the charts. Humans have been systematically consuming WAY WAY too much Omega-6 for a long time. It all started with the BS cholesterol nonsense, and the push for margarine and “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” campaign. Folks, if you have a hard time grasping reality then you can fool yourself into thinking that crap tastes like butter. I’m also guessing you may be on some heavy psych drugs too.
When I was a wee lass back in the 70s and into the 80s, my father’s parents were still alive and kicking. They ate butter, and milk, and cheese. And steak. And eggs. Raw, whole milk was in their diets for most of their lives because that’s just what everyone drank. Then suddenly their “doctors” told them they had high cholesterol and they needed to not eat real food anymore. Skim milk. Margarine. And of course you had to take this fancy new statin drug that is the magic bullet for so-called “bad” and “high” cholesterol.
These people were of the Silent Generation and trusted doctors so they did what they were told. A few years later my grandmother was dead of heart failure and my grandfather’s circulation went toes-up and he lost a leg and died. These are people who had been active community members with sharp minds.
My parents are now the same age as my grandparents. They are on no drugs. None. They are active. But most importantly, they eat real food. They don’t take statins which WILL KILL YOU.
When I was in my 30s my doc at the time told me I had “high cholesterol” and wanted to put me on a statin. I pretty much told her to fuck off and walked away.
A plant based diet is, in my opinion, not healthy. Particularly for growing children and pregnant women….ahem, sorry, BIRTHING people. Who may or may not chestfeed. Although if you are on cross-sex hormones quality food may be low on your priorities list.
We are machines folks. Made of flesh, and bone, and blood. And all the other things that go along with it. Food is the fuel that makes our engines run. And just like a car, if you put shitty ethanol gas in, you get shitty performance and shortened life span from your car. Put garbage food in, and yeah, you’ll run, but you won’t perform well, you’ll need constant maintenance from the medical-industrial complex who will be only too happy to write out some very expensive scripts for ya. You will be dull, and tired, and have no motivation or self-actualization to realize you are being killed by the very “food” you are eating and the drugs you are taking.
You are going to pay one way or the other. So you can decide to pay now for better food that can make your engine run efficiently and cleanly, or you can eat crap and pay with your health, your mind, and your very soul in the end.

Ken31
Ken31

I don’t know any biochemists that will defend statins and they will defend a lot of bullshit.

Call me Jack

I was an RN for 40 years.My wife insists on taking her statin drug,Lipitor. What do i know? Suit yourself baby.Lot of older ladies out there.I can drive after dark——and dance.Not going to go hungry.

jdrn43@yahoo.com

Jack, I was an RN for more than 40 years and I REFUSE to take any statin drug.
Muscle pain and weakness which can progress to rhabdomyolysis, peripheral neuropathies, plantar fasciitis, heart failure, cognitive impairment/decline, global transient amnesia, cancers, pancreatitis, and depression.
These are some of the side effects of statins.

Anonymous
Anonymous

“When I was in my 30s my doc at the time told me I had “high cholesterol” and wanted to put me on a statin. I pretty much told her to fuck off and walked away.”

Been doing the same for 25+ years.

Our clinic has a revolving door for doctors. In 17 years here I have never seen the same doctor twice as they are all foreign imports who only stay for the commitment period and then move off to set up a practice.

Every new doctor wants to take my blood pressure. Always 120/90. Pretty much always has been since I was 25. They won’t accept it as I am a bit heavy and therefore MUST have much higher blood pressure. They doubt their BP machine could be correct and then suggest I should start taking Statins. No blood test and they ignore the BP machine but they KNOW I need Statins.

Funny that my doctor when I was 25 did not think the BP was a big deal. I have steadily watched doctors become drug pushers instead of health management assistants. They are the very visible sign that ‘professional’ is now just another word for ‘unthinking robot’. In fact, from what I see, doctors could easily be replaced by a computer. If we are just going to rote repeated stock textbook diagnosis, may as well eliminate the expensive meatsack.

Harrington Richardson: Gimme Sachwerte!
Harrington Richardson: Gimme Sachwerte!

If you have noticed there seems to be an increase in Parkinsons Disease in younger and younger people. The BAD cholesterol as they call it has some function in preventing Parkinsons. The statins increase your chance of developing it. I refuse to take the crap or be poisoned with their non-cure, non-preventative Covid vax. I spent ten minutes lecturing my new doctor on the RFK book and Dr. Malone when he wanted to know why I wasn’t vaxxed. After it became clear he knew far less about it than I, a mere layman did, we moved on to other subjects.

Call me Jack

MD or not,when your pay check depends on blind obedience; most people don’t speak up.

Call me Jack

It’s called “Standards of Care”, i.e. Cookbook Medicine 101.

Ken31
Ken31

I wish everyone knew what you know.

brian
brian

Couldn’t agree more…

Call me Jack

One of my close friends was a doctor in Russia.Her advice regarding corn oil,canola oil,soy products,and corn sweeteners was,”If you couldn’t put it on your table 200 years ago Don’t Eat It.

Svarga Loka
Svarga Loka

The only time I ever even had my blood cholesterol checked was for a life insurance policy. I don’t think there is much to be gained to do all these lab tests in the first place. I know that I need to exercise more and eat better, don’t need a test for that.

Ken31
Ken31

The VA likes to use blood work as an excuse to take away what is working.

Patrick Henry
Patrick Henry

F Bill Gates, and all the other jerks who are badmouthing breast feeding. All 3 of my grandchildren were/are breastfed. Number 3 is 2 months old and doing very well thank you very much. End of discussion Billy Boy.

Fielding Mellish
Fielding Mellish

Isn’t it interesting how when a new crisis arrives Gates (of hell) always seems to have a solution?

Iska Waran
Iska Waran

Fake breast milk is bad. Fake breasts aren’t entirely bad.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Everything that Gates pushes is Poison. Beware People and open your eyes. This creepoid is nothing but problems for all of Society. Depopulation is his agenda.

Anonymous
Anonymous

They talk about fake meat, lab-grown meat, and fake milk as if there are no inputs (material & energy). Like they conjure it out of thin air like wizards.
Who wants to bet that if a true, unbiased, cradle-to-grave assessment of these things were conducted they would end up being more material & energy intensive than the natural source?
It has exactly zero to do with “saving the planet” and everything to do with controlling food and limiting that control to a select cartel already owned by globalist elitist billionaires.

Call me Jack

No fake burgers,lab grown meat,soy,or bugs for me.I have stocked multiple tins of Spam. Organic,kosher,and so,so good. Mmmmm.

Call me Jack

Do you prefer one D or two C cups.

oldbat
oldbat

i do believe that any woman who has nursed in the past can reactivate if needed. just need an infant. dont know how long it will take, tho. days? wks? of daily “feeding”?

Svarga Loka
Svarga Loka

Ouch.

Anonymous
Anonymous

Considering the Moobs and soy out there, probably quite a few men can now. Hell, I am told they can get pregnant, so why not?

Excuse me while I try to find a way off this Rock of Insanity.

Leethal
Leethal

I just heard Bull Gates committed genocide in Africka and one tribe was completely sterilized by his bonehead idea of vaccinatinon plus the Indian government, it is said, issued an arrest warrant so any Indian citizen can arrest Bull Gates for MURDER.

PLUS, he wanted to finagle his founding partner’s share of Microsoft to himself because that partner was dying of cancer. When Paul found that out he was very disappointed in his so-called co-founder.

So Bull Gates is FOOL of BULL SH IT!

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