π¨π¦ Brookfield Bought a Cattle-Cloning Company. Now Cloned Beef Is Going Unlabelled.
π§΅ THREAD: Soβ¦ Whoβs Cloning the Cows Canada Wonβt Label?
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Whoβs cloning the cows?
Trans Ova Genetics β the #2 cattle-cloning company in North America.
They clone elite bulls, duplicate embryos, and sell semen/embryos straight into commercial feedlot supply chains.
Cloned offspring β raised β slaughtered β sold as βregularβ beef.
(Source:
transova.com)
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Who owns Trans Ova?
In July 2022, Brookfield Asset Management (Canadaβs biggest alternative-asset manager, ~$900B AUM) bought 49% of the company for $250M.
The remaining 51%? Still owned by Precigen (formerly Intrexon).
(Source: Brookfield press release, July 19, 2022)
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So⦠who profits from cloned-offspring beef entering the food chain with no labels and no disclosure?
β’ Brookfield β made a quarter-billion bet on cloning tech
β’ BlackRock & Vanguard β passive holders via Brookfield
β’ Consumers β unknowingly pay βnatural beefβ prices for meat that may not be natural at all
Brookfield CEO Bruce Flatt called biotech βthe next infrastructure.β
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