A coalition of farm groups is pushing the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” campaign to split with some of the Agriculture Department’s own proposals to cut conservation programs.
In a set of recommendations to the MAHA Commission, the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance pushed back against the administration’s proposal to cut conservation assistance for farmers and urged creation of a new grant program to help states boost soil and water quality.
“The health of our nation is deeply rooted in the health of our land,” said the coalition, created at the end of the first Trump administration to encourage bipartisan solutions to climate change.
The recommendations cover a broad swath of agriculture and forest policy that, in the group’s view, will lead to healthier soil and environmentally sustainable food production — a goal that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins say they’re jointly seeking.
