Egg prices have risen 66% since last year, according to the Consumer Price Index.
People around the world are finding themselves paying more for store-bought eggs after more than 41 million laying hens died from bird flu.
In response to egg shortages, some are turning to artificial plant-based eggs.
Back in 2013, bill gates Invested in Hampton Creek, the company that brought artificial plant-based eggs into the mainstream.
Bill Gates-backed egg-replacing Hampton Creek is starting to make money http://t.co/JJvUZXHItZ pic.twitter.com/KZoCduEgNs
— Forbes Technology (@ForbesTech) May 15, 2014
Shortly after investing, gates Soon to be praising Hampton Creek’s faux eggs in various blogs and presentations.
Two years after its launch, bird flu outbreaks swept the world, leading some consumers to permanently switch to plant-based eggs.
Hampton Creek has since changed its name to Eat Just and now also sells plant-based meats under the Beyond Meat brand.
Investing in Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats, and Beyond Meats, Bill Gates advocated fake meat instead of beef. Gates said that people must learn to like fake meat! If that doesn’t work – if behavior doesn’t change – there should be proper regulation… pic.twitter.com/cneLeDs39f
– Alan Watson (@DietHeartNews) January 28, 2022
Bill Gates continues to support Eat Just and advocates for more people to eat plant-based meat to reduce the carbon footprint of methane (burp) produced by cows.
Rich countries should only eat synthetic beef, says Bill Gates https://t.co/MQOGSbareN
— Sky News (@SkyNews) February 16, 2021
