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

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 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 ...