'The Takeover Of The Food System Began With The Rockefellers And Was Advanced By Bill Gates,' According To Investigative Journalist Known For Sparking FBI Investigations Into The Clinton And Biden Families

Seamus Bruner, an investigative journalist known for his work leading to FBI investigations into the Clinton and Biden families, offers a detailed look at the changes in the food industry in his latest book “Controligarchs.” He explores how the Rockefeller family started reshaping the modern food industry and believes that Bill Gates is continuing this trend.

Bruner examines the role of the Rockefellers, a family widely recognized for their immense wealth and influence across different sectors, including the oil industry. He suggests that they were key in changing the agricultural industry, mainly through their support and promotion of the Green Revolution around the mid-20th century. This era saw a significant boost in food grain production, mainly because of new agricultural technology and the introduction of crops that yielded more. While the Green Revolution is often praised for reducing hunger and poverty after World War II, Bruner highlights its negative aspects, such as environmental harm from more pesticide use and small, family-run farms being merged into large corporate businesses.

The focus of the book then shifts to Microsoft Corp. Co-Founder Gates, who now owns a large portion of U.S. farmland. Bruner argues that Gates’s purchases of huge areas of farmland and his investment in agricultural technologies, like unique fertilizers and plant-based meats, are part of a larger plan to control the food system. 

"The takeover of the food system, like so many other control schemes in this book, began with the Rockefellers and was advanced by Bill Gates," Bruner wrote, summarizing his perspective on the major influence these people have on the American food system.

Bruner’s criticism goes beyond the environmental effects of these activities. He worries about the broader social and economic consequences, warning that this concentration of power could harm small farmers, local communities and the overall stability of food supply. The book brings to light the struggle for power in the global food system and questions the motives and impacts of these powerful figures’ actions.

“Controligarchs” is a part of Bruner’s wider work in investigative journalism, which has brought him recognition for revealing the actions of powerful people. His earlier work investigating the Clintons and Bidens led to FBI investigations, adding credibility to his insights about Gates and the Rockefellers. 

The book aims to reveal the complex mix of power, wealth and control in the global food system, an issue becoming more crucial in discussions about food security, environmental sustainability and the influence of corporations in essential parts of the economy.

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