A rare moment to pull together to provide healthy food for all of us
Farm Action and the Farm Action Fund are excited to see many of our priorities highlighted in today’s MAHA Commission Report, which aligns with our efforts in the Food Not Feed Campaign movement.
For over two decades, many of us have worked to end the current abusive food and agriculture system recognized in this report. If at this moment, Democrats, Republicans, and Independents could put their collective energy into this issue, we could together get much closer to realizing a healthy food and agriculture system that feeds us.
Thank you all for your hard work.
Joe
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May 22, 2024
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Farm Action Applauds MAHA Commission Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission released its report examining the childhood chronic disease crisis in the United States.
In response, Farm Action issued the following statement, which can be attributed to Angela Huffman, President of Farm Action:
“This report represents our hopes being met when we endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary, because we felt he could have great influence on reforming our food and agriculture system to the benefit of farmers and everyone else. From taking a critical look at the dangerous impacts of food system consolidation to examining the ways farmers are being squeezed, the report rightly points out how federal and state policy has often been guided more by corporate profit than the public interest. It also highlights the way that government programs like crop insurance and subsidies prioritize commodity crops and neglect producers of nutritious foods. This report marks the first time we’ve seen the government bring these issues to the forefront in a coordinated, hard-hitting way. As a farmer-led organization working to bring awareness to these issues every day, Farm Action looks forward to working with the administration on a forthcoming strategy to address the report’s findings.”
Farm Action Resources:
· January 2025 blog post, How Could RFK Jr. Challenge Food Monopolies as HHS Secretary?
· February 2023, Food Not Feed Summit
· July 2022, Farm Action Policy Recommendations to Shift U.S. Food and Farm Policy to Deliver Positive Health Outcomes
· September 2021 blog post, Are Industrial Agriculture’s Practices Really Harmless to Public Health?
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Farm Action is a nonpartisan agricultural watchdog organization led by farmers. We advocate for accountability from both our government and large corporations within the agricultural sector. We envision a fair, sustainable, and healthy food system that empowers farmers, workers, and rural communities to feed America.