For full episodes of Opening Bid, listen on your favorite podcast platform or watch on our website. President Donald Trump spoke at the 2025 World Economic Forum in Davos ...

What was claimed: The World Economic Forum (WEF) is demanding a global ban on homegrown food to meet Net-Zero targets. Our verdict: False. The WEF has not called for any such ban.

A rumor that circulated online in March 2025 claimed that the World Economic Forum demanded governments enforce bans on people growing food at home. The Switzerland-based group, established as a ...

A publication called Slay News promoted this rumor in three similar articles in 2024 and 2025, all without providing sufficient supporting evidence.

False. The WEF has not called for any such ban. Posts circulating on social media claim that the World Economic Forum (WEF) wants to ban people from growing food at home in order to lower emissions.

The ongoing 2025 International Forum on Poverty Governance and Global Development, co-hosted by the Yunnan provincial ...

On March 25, Poilievre told a rally in Hamilton, Ont. he would ban Conservatives from going to the annual World Economic Forum.