And all that cheap African labor too

Why Is the Obama Administration Suddenly So Interested in African Farms? | Mother Jones

"[S]ome may see our work in Africa as philanthropy, but it's much more than that," said General Mills CEO Ken Powell at an event hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation. "It's about creating shared value, and for our African partners, it is about unlocking opportunity—business opportunity—through knowledge-sharing."

But not philanthropy, at least. Whew.