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My friends in the cattle industry told me that one of Bill Gates’s companies is buying up pasture land and driving up prices across the midwest, too. I don’t kn

My friends in the cattle industry told me that one of Bill Gates’s companies is buying up pasture land and driving up prices across the midwest, too. I don’t know exactly how you’d legally prevent it, but it does seem like a problem.

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HWR_14 2mo ago
In fairness to Bill Gates, buying a ton of pasture land seems like a reasonable step to diversify his fortune. It's hard to find enough non-tech places to stash that much money.
- slowin 2mo ago
  Making Bill Gates richer seems like an anti-problem for society. Centralizing land ownership under him however is a huge problem.
- ant6n 2mo ago
  I thought he'd want to reduce the consumption of meat. But maybe that's the goal?