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Gates spending lots of green on green revolution

January 31st, 2008 ·

The Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation are uniting to try to jump-start a new Green Revolution. This is not aimed at electric cars for you and me. Not aimed at cheaper electricity for Beijing or London. This is aimed at agriculture in areas where starvation and povertyabound. Gates donations alone will exceed $300-millionfor Africa and other regions. Perhaps they want to spend it before the American dollar becomes worthless. The Rockefeller group is ponying up another $50 million. They’ve formed Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The goal is to improve agricultural practics and output in Africa. Separatre donations will be made to help farming in Philippines and India as well. You can go here for some…

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