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Marcia Brown

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Food and Agriculture Reporter at POLITICO

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  • RFK Jr. and Mehmet Oz take their MAHA show on the road

    1 week ago | politico.com | Adam Wren |Marcia Brown

    Kennedy and Oz were steps from the statehouse at the Indiana State Library to herald Republican Gov. Mike Braun, who announced nine MAHA-related executive orders, including applying to USDA for permission to ban soda and candy from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. Hundreds of miles away in Arkansas, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins appeared with Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to make a similar announcement.

  • USDA's $1B bird flu plan uses money intended for schools, food banks

    1 week ago | politico.com | Marcia Brown |Grace Yarrow

    The move tees up a major political fight over the Trump administration’s priorities — and the small pot of money USDA has to spread around. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced her five-step plan to fight bird flu in February.

  • USDA's $1B bird flu plan uses money intended for schools, food banks

    1 week ago | yahoo.com | Marcia Brown |Grace Yarrow

    Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' $1 billion plan for fighting bird flu will rely on money cut from programs meant to help schools and food banks support local farmers, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Rollins in February rolled out a five-step strategy to fight bird flu that includes importing eggs and researching and developing a poultry vaccine.

  • Farmers are no strangers to trade wars. But this time may be worse.

    2 weeks ago | politico.com | Marcia Brown

    Facing higher inflation and economic uncertainty, farmers have less cushion to face tariffs than they did during the first Trump administration. The farm economy has shifted dramatically since 2018. | Getty Images President Donald Trump spent billions of dollars to bail out farmers when his first-term trade war hurt agricultural exports. But his new tariffs could be much worse for farmers this time around.

  • RFK Jr.’s push to ban food stamp use for soda sparks tension with USDA

    4 weeks ago | politico.com | Adam Cancryn |Marcia Brown

    The behind-the-scenes friction represents an early flashpoint in the delicate partnership between Kennedy and Rollins aimed at fulfilling the Trump administration’s vows to improve Americans’ health through its “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. “Rollins and Kennedy, they’ve both talked about this issue,” said one of the people, a USDA staffer. “However, [HHS] is flying solo.

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Marcia Brown @Marcia_Brown9
9 Apr 25

RT @leahjdouglas: April 9 (Reuters) - Several U.S. Department of Agriculture employees who worked on the agency's bird flu response will le…

Marcia Brown
Marcia Brown @Marcia_Brown9
9 Apr 25

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NEW: Everyone knew RFK Jr. wanted to upend the health care system. They didn’t think he’d go this far, this fast. Now HHS employees, industry execs, public health officials and Trump aides are grappling with the fallout. A 360 view of the aftermath: https://t.co/qQiI9LzxW9

Marcia Brown
Marcia Brown @Marcia_Brown9
9 Apr 25

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