Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller recently wrote an opinion piece throwing his full support behind Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s plan to expose “Big Food” and to “Make America Healthy Again.”
“As the agriculture commissioner of one of the biggest farming and ranching states in the country, I am excited that Robert F. Kennedy Jr has joined the Trump campaign and is adding his important voice,” he stated. “I have long advocated for policies that help make Americans healthier.”
Miller explained that Americans are seeing a chronic health crisis arising in the U.S. from valuing cheapness over quality in food.
“Common sense tells us that only whole, natural food can feed, repair, and nurture our bodies at the cellular level,” he added.
He also called for policy changes to encourage healthy eating, such as updating SNAP benefits to pay for nutritious food and expanding to a national level the current practice in Texas schools of feeding children healthy, locally sourced food at lunch.
“Expanding this program nationwide would not only result in healthier kids learning better nutritional habits, but it would also give our farmers and ranchers new local markets where transport costs are low, and the benefits are shared by all,” explained Miller.
“Our great American farmers know this Big Food fight, and they are under incredible pressure,” he continued. “Family farms are closing or selling to commercial factory farms at an alarming rate.”
He warned that, just like “Big Pharma,” “Big Food” does not care about people’s health. They only care about financial gain.
Miller praised farmers and ranchers for coming up with practices such as no-till farming and intensive grazing, as with these practices, farmers are using fewer chemicals, creating healthier soils, and yet still producing more food.
He explained that “forever chemicals,” such as PFAS, threaten public health and should be removed from the environment.
Back in June of this year, a group of Fort Worth area ranchers led a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency after high amounts of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances were found in fertilizers they were applying to their land.
In the face of these challenges, Miller states, “Today, with the leadership of President Trump and RFK Jr., America stands at the edge of a new dawn in sustainable, profitable, and healthy farming that preserves our environment and supports this essential American industry.”
According to Miller, “President Trump will lead us into this brighter, healthier future – and he chose the right man for the job in Robert Kennedy.”
