Snopes confirmed that the meme is "factual" as Gates does own a farm that supplies french fry potatoes for McDonald's.

The rest goes for costs beyond the farm gate: wages and materials for production, processing, marketing, transportation and distribution. 30% of all farmers are beginning farmers (in business less ...

Das writes that Gates has an agricultural team that handles his farm investments. His land produces carrots, corn — and some of the potatoes McDonald's uses for its famous fries. Gates has quite ...

The government's move to temporarily halt both the rice aid and SPHP programs is part of a strategy to boost farm gate prices ...