Items Tagged with 'Make America Healthy Again'

In this joint opinion piece, Marshall Matz and Alan J Stone highlight Sen. Bobby Kennedy’s legacy when it comes to food policy and say that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. should keep that legacy in mind. 

President-elect Donald Trump is setting up a cabinet of unusually diverse views and backgrounds that together could have a far-reaching impact on the food and agriculture sectors. Farm groups will be counting on his pick to lead USDA, Brooke Rollins, to be an advocate for ag within an administration. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum could be a key ally on energy policy.

The food industry is preparing to engage with the incoming Trump administration by presenting itself as an ally in some of the “Make America Healthy Again” ideals like nutrition transparency and improving health outcomes.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services has caused some concern among the food, nutrition and agriculture industry who are uncertain how MAHA could exactly influence a Trump White House, and impact outstanding regulations on Dietary Guidelines and a healthy food definition.

A Trump administration would fire all federal nutrition scientists as part of its effort to determine what is causing the nation’s chronic disease epidemic, Trump ally and possible future administration official Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pledging as he campaigns relentlessly on his Make America Healthy Again platform.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and some allies in his "Make America Healthy Again" movement are trying to get a toehold on Capitol Hill even as the food and agriculture industry worries about what role he could play in a second Donald Trump administration.

Leaders of the Senate and House Ag committees were featured at the annual Friends of the National Arboretum dinner Tuesday night in Washington – and both were separately expressing some optimism about getting a new farm bill yet this year.