Michelle Obama in the White House Garden — a lasting tribute to the food movement.
Credit: Chip Somodevilla
Trump brags about eating fast food. Michelle Obama planted a vegetable garden at the White House. Now it seems the President is quietly trying to overtake the former First Lady’s vision for the future of food in America.
Michelle Obama had a strikingly successful record of fighting the obesity epidemic and improving nutrition — both symbolically and through advocacy for legislation. But many Obama-era efforts to push the food industry in a healthier direction are now under threat.
Over the last couple of weeks, a number of reports have surfaced suggesting that the food industry is trying to capitalize on Trump’s anti-regulation agenda and push back on reforms aimed at making our food supply healthier. The food lobbyists, emboldened by the current White House, are reportedly pushing back on recent healthy food and transparency mandates that would hurt their bottom line.
Some of the key battlegrounds — school lunches, food and […]
Nevermind that Michelle’s husband had ex Monsanto exec Michael Taylor as head of FDA, nothing to see here.
It doesn’t just bother me this is going on. It’s like a stun gun, so overwhelming I can’t get organized to focus my disbelief and do the one thing that will satisfy my mind as the most effective.