Trump Admin Unveils New Initiatives to Bring ‘Real Food’ to Americans

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced new initiatives to encourage Americans to “Eat Real Food.”

“I’m happy to announce that today we are at [the Department of Agriculture] releasing new guidance for all regional and state directors of our child nutrition programs,” Rollins said Wednesday.

She added the guidance would be “encouraging them today to familiarize themselves with the key recommendations and consider how these guidelines and how they will be incorporated into program meals and snacks as we continue to promote and build healthy outcomes and healthy families.”

The Department of Agriculture will release a proposed child nutrition rule in about a month, Rollins said.

“We are restoring common sense, we are restoring scientific integrity, and we are restoring accountability to federal food and health policy,” she said.

The Trump administration says it is also bringing healthier foods to members of the military.

“Our mission is to ensure that the American soldier is the most fueled, most fit and most lethal human weapon system on the planet,” Army Undersecretary Mike Obadal said. “To achieve this, we’re introducing a campus-style dining model across our training centers.”

Army dining facilities are being shifted to a restaurant style model with multiple food stations with extended service hours, starting with a pilot location in Fort Carson, Colorado, opening this spring.

“By focusing on the root causes of our health crisis, we’ll achieve an army that doesn’t meet standards but sets them,” Obadal said. “We are building forces leaner, faster, and ready to meet today’s challenges.”

Rollins also announced that USDA is about to finalize its new stocking standards, meaning the 250,000 retailers who accept food stamps from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and electronic benefits transfers, will have to more than double the healthy food offerings that they have on the shelves.

“These actions, alongside removing the waste and the fraud and the abuse from the SNAP program, continue to be key priorities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” Rollins said.

Kennedy and Rollins touted efforts to make eating “real food” more affordable.

“We don’t need more money,” Kennedy said. “We just need to be smarter, and that what this administration is about.”

For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration is establishing a clear definition of ultra-processed foods, which will influence federal purchasing decisions, Kennedy said.

Additionally, for the first time in decades, the FDA will require notification and a safety review if a company is introducing new chemicals into the food supply.

“We are also partnering with innovators, designers, and advocates to deliver a clear, positive message that healthy food is achievable, practical, affordable, and within reach of every American family,” Kennedy said.

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