{"id":21397,"date":"2024-10-16T13:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=21397"},"modified":"2024-10-16T13:48:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:48:41","slug":"rfk-jr-to-roar-back-american-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2024\/10\/16\/rfk-jr-to-roar-back-american-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. to \u201croar back\u201d American agriculture\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or simply RFK Jr. suggests he could save\u00a0American agriculture<\/u><\/a>\u00a0if Donald Trump wins the November election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The erstwhile presidential candidate is now backing Trump with expectations that he would win a slot, probably as Ag secretary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His first shot is at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which he will rid off \u201ccorporate interests<\/u><\/a>,\u201d reports AP News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to him, 70% of American nutrition is now coming from ultra-processed sources, vowing he will alter this trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 14, 2024, Kennedy took a video near Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., where he promised to \u201croar back\u201d agriculture and health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an ecologist and anti-vaccine supporter, RFK Jr. has cultivated strong links in the interrelated niches of farming and health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RFK Jr.\u2019s Ag Vision\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All this began in April 2024 when he presented his presidential manifesto, which included soil transformation and pesticide eradication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the April address, he had said the path to these two goals would be through organic and regenerative agriculture<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He used the term \u201cweaponize\u201d to indicate how he would give key agencies control over harmful pesticides on farms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an ecological lawyer, the 70-year old has often advocated clean environment while his scores are far-reaching. One of these is a historic win in a legal case against a glyphosate company in California in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, since backing Trump, he has not tried to align his farm policies to those that defined his candidate\u2019s first presidential term. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tim Walz Ag Angle<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Being a potential Ag secretary, one can\u2019t help but draw parallels between RFK Jr. and Tim Walz, Kamala Harris\u2019 running mate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim Walz is also a keen agricultural backer with a long-term stint in the House Agriculture Committee<\/u><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the governor of Minnesota, Walz has helped draft major agricultural policies, including the Farm Bills of 2008 through 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has also been a keen agitator for emission-free farming<\/u><\/a>, with his state being a key biofuel producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, with the emergence of RFK Jr. as a potential future agriculture secretary, two solid presidential Ag agendas have emerged.  And as the following data shows, some agriculture secretaries have actually altered American farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

United States Agriculture Secretaries Statistics <\/strong><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

While there have been many agriculture secretaries, two stand out famously or infamously, including Earl Butz and Tom Vilsack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1970s<\/em>: during the Richard Nixon administration, Earl Butz emerged as a fairly unpopular AG secretary who advocated big farming over family farming. He said \u201cget big or get out.<\/u><\/a>\u201d During his 1971 term, U.S. agricultural exports reached a then all-time high of $7.8 billion<\/u><\/a>. This record also marked an export revenue increase by 15% above that of 1970, per St. Louis Fed. According to USDA, virtually every category of exports from animal products to grain increased in the 1970-71 period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2000s\/2020s<\/em>: another important agricultural secretary is Tom Vilsack, who was Obama\u2019s pick in 2009<\/u><\/a> and Biden\u2019s in the early 2020s. His notable transformations include the Hunger Free Kids Act and making USDA an equal-opportunity employer. Economically, he ensured American exports remained relevant in the wake of the 2008-9 global economic meltdown. In 2009, the U.S retained its top global agriculture exporter position with over $100 billion<\/u><\/a> in foreign sales. By 2010, exports had recouped the over $120 billion figure they had last achieved in 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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