U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today joined President Donald J. Trump in releasing the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Report at the White House. The report is a call to evaluate the many reasons American families, particularly children, face high rates of chronic health issues, and it encourages additional research and education on diet, environmental exposures, lack of physical activity, and overmedicalization.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins visited Nebraska rolling out the Farmers First: Small Family Farms Policy Agenda to improve the viability and longevity of smaller-scale family farms for generations to come. Secretary Rollins also signed a historic waiver with Governor Pillen to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients from “any food or food product for home consumption” to exclude soda, “soft drinks,” and energy drinks.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today signed the first-ever waiver to amend the statutory definition of food for purchase for Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins published a joint opinion piece in the New York Times pushing for work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. She was joined in writing the opinion piece by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner.