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This is the best-selling baby formula in America. What the hell are we doing to our kids.

Big Ag is misunderstanding what MAHA policies mean for farming. The next four years can go down in history books as the start of a golden age for American farming. When everyone agrees the current Ag subsidy system is a dumpster fire that’s not serving farmers or children or any other stakeholder, there’s an opportunity to come together to forge new agriculture policies that incentivize the thriving of American farmers. We’re the agricultural power of the world, but 20 percent of our children are malnourished. Our soil is depleted, our food is less nutrient-dense, we’ve obviously lost our way when it comes to dependence on ultra-processed food and the thousands of ingredients that are being phased out of every other country. Everyone agrees behind closed doors that we need to look at the pesticides and herbicides we use on our food. Everyone agrees there’s too many chemicals and food dyes. We have an obesity crisis, and there’s a bill to send $1 trillion a year to a Denmark pharmaceutical company to prescribe Ozempic instead of invest in American farmers. Bobby Kennedy and Donald Trump talked during the campaign about putting American farmers at the center of health. President Trump obviously needs to decide on specific policies. But I believe Big Ag misreads the vibe of messaging during the campaign. All discussion was about supporting American farmers and fixing bad incentives. There is an opportunity for stakeholders in ag to convene on reforms to a system we all agree isn’t fully working. To strategize on achieving on goal that we can achieve quickly: Ensuring Americans eat the most nutritious, highest quality food in the world.

The FDA has an associated nonprofit that allows food and pharma companies to directly bribe the agency. Kellogg is a major donor. Why does the government allow this?