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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Carmen Paun |Chelsea Cirruzzo |Marcia Brown |David Lim
A much anticipated report led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that children’s health is in crisis and that it’s likely the result of ultraprocessed food, exposure to chemicals, lack of exercise, stress, and overprescription of drugs.
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2 months ago | 
politico.eu | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown
Beijing is showing the Trump administration that tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war. Long before President Donald Trump fired the opening shots of a new U.S.-China trade war from the White House Rose Garden last week, Beijing had been working to perfect its stealth campaign blocking key U.S. agriculture and energy exports.
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2 months ago | 
politico.com | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown
“A tariff, you can just pay it, and things just get more costly,” said Ben Lilliston, director of rural strategies and climate change at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. “But this is a full restriction on your ability to send product to that country.” The Chinese government knows where it can pinch U.S. exporters hardest.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Phelim Kine |Ben Lefebvre |Marcia Brown
Beijing is showing the Trump administration that tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war. Long before President Donald Trump fired the opening shots of a new U.S.-China trade war from the White House Rose Garden last week, Beijing had been working to perfect its stealth campaign blocking key U.S. agriculture and energy exports.
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Feb 1, 2025 | 
climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Zack Colman |Marcia Brown
https://www.newsbreak.com/share/3785826255940-usda-ordered-to-scrub-climate-change-from-websitesBy Zack Colman and Marcia BrownAgriculture Department employees have been ordered to delete landing pages discussing climate change across agency websites and document climate change references for further review, according to an internal email obtained by POLITICO.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
politico.com | Zack Colman |Marcia Brown
The directive could affect information across dozens of programs including climate-smart agriculture initiatives. Climate change references are under fire at the Agriculture Department under President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary nominee Brooke Rollins.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thecaliforniacourier.com | Marcia Brown |Daniel Payne |Chelsea Cirruzzo |Gohar Grigoryan
Ken Nahigian, who led the Trump transition in 2017, is Kennedy’s liaison to senators, according to four people familiar with the matter. Nahigian knows the Senate well. He worked for the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee under then-Chairs John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). He cut his teeth in politics working advance for longtime Kansas Sen. Bob Dole’s 1996 presidential campaign.
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Dec 28, 2024 | 
politico.com | Marcia Brown
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to transform Americans’ eating habits. He could get a first crack at that goal early next year. If confirmed to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Kennedy would be responsible for naming some of the people tasked with rewriting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, one of the federal government’s most powerful tools to shape public perceptions about what’s healthy — and what’s not.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
msn.com | Nicholas Wu |Daniella Diaz |Marcia Brown
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
politico.com | Marcia Brown
With help from Ari Hawkins, Meredith Lee Hill and Adam Cancryn — Donald Trump’s trade threats continue. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s influence has limits. — A push to end the ban on SNAP for people convicted of a drug felony. IT’S MONDAY, DEC. 2. Welcome back to Morning Agriculture. I’m your host Marcia Brown. RFK Jr. cooked his turkey in beef tallow. How did you prepare yours?
