evidence: On March 21, 2024, a claim about Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates and McDonald's french fries received renewed interest when a conspiracy-promoting account on X (formerly Twitter) reshared a portion of a meme claiming the billionaire "owns … land in Washington state used to grow the potatoes for McDonald's fries." This is a factual statement. Though a version of this meme that has previously gone viral made additional false claims — that potatoes produced on that farm are genetically modified, and that the farm is the sole supplier of potatoes to McDonald's — it is true that a farm Gates owns is a significant supplier of McDonald's french fry potatoes. [...] There have been no reported changes in ownership of 100 Circle Farms since Gates' purchase. While the farm does not produce GMO potatoes, and is not the sole supplier of McDonald's french fries, as is claimed in some memes, it is factual that Gates owns farmland responsible for producing a significant amount of the company's french fries. For that reason, we rate this claim as "True."