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I'm joined now by Jake Davis, the. president of Uproot, which is an. organization that holds Big Ag. accountable for the issues in our food. And so to that end, Jake, we have seen. basically an entire presidential. campaign. where Donald Trump allied himself with. RFK Jr. And they often discussed a lot of the. problems with our food supply, fixing a. lot of those problems. So, first and. foremost, do you see any movement toward. actually fulfilling that campaign. promise? Has our food supply gotten.

better in light of the fact that this. administration has come into power? >> I mean, it's such an important question. because the rhetoric we hear out of. Washington, D.C., right, is that we need. to make America healthy again and we. need to be getting our food. we need to be fixing our food. And I. think rhetorically, you know, folks have have been saying a. lot of the right things. Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is is that we're. going in the wrong direction. We've seen. huge amounts of cuts from this. administration, from things like local.

food programs, you know, a farm bill that doesn't do. the kinds of things that would actually. make our food supply healthy coming out. of the House of Representatives, etc. So, my take is that we're not actually. getting closer to making our food. healthy. >> What would be the biggest step that we. could take that would actually move us. toward. a legitimate Make America Healthy Again. agenda that's not actually being done? >> You know, the farm bill that.

we are supposed to pass every 5 years. that's way over overdue is the sort of. key place that we can make a lot of. changes in our food system and that we. can invest in the kinds of production, farmers, etc. that we want producing. healthy food of the future. And you. could do all kinds of things in there. In particular, you could make healthy, high-quality food really affordable for. the American people So, they're not. having to make choices between putting.

food on the table and paying, so I would. say, the rent or their electric bill. >> And so, why isn't this happening? Although I I I would venture a guess, and that's because, you know, big ag is. making sure that they. lobby enough and pay enough. to these members of Congress and these. senators to ensure that there can be. more consolidation in this space as. opposed to making it, you know, uh uh. a less profitable venture, but a. healthier one. >> Yeah, and you know, the the key is you. exactly hit the nail on the head.

Corporations. actually really benefit from the status. quo, right? They been They profit. They. have a system that they've designed, they've centralized. They know they can. profit off the sale of the chemicals, they know that they can profit off the. supply chain, they know that they can. profit off the processing of the meat. products or the ultra-processed you. know, highly processed foods. So, they. know that they have a sustainable. sort of highly profitable system that.

they're not at all interested in getting. rid of, and they do everything they can. from, you know, both the the state. legislators that they lobby in to all. the way to Congress, you know, to ensure. that they protect that status quo. >> Jake, have you seen. a different amount of attention to this. right now, given the fact that, you. know, with the the the advent of social media, people are a lot more attuned to what. they're consuming, and and also, I mean,

like the the amount of chemicals, like. how bad, how unhealthy our food supply. is right now. Is Is this different? Is. this moment right now different from. what we've seen in the past? >> Yeah, you know, I've been working on. this issue for. food system reform for 20 years, and it. really is a different time. In In some. ways, it's harder to break through the. traditional legacy media, right? That's. just as consolidated and and cozy, frankly, with the big agriculture. corporations that control the space.

But, social media is. a great equalizer where moms and and, you know, farmers are having the. opportunity to sort of talk about, well, what would a healthy food system. actually look like? And what are those. opportunities that we have to work. together outside of that corporate. system to to make these, you know, products available, that sort of thing. But, what I think a lot of people are. landing on and what you've really seen. and what RFK Jr. was tapping into even.

in his presidential campaign is a a. realization that government has a lot to. do with how our food is produced and. that corporations have the their thumb. on the scale of of that system. >> So, how do you reconcile somebody who. who has a lot of influence, whether it's. RFK Jr. or Trump himself, who ran on. this idea. making America healthy, and now they. have the power to actually do it, to. substantiate the very claims and. promises that they made on the campaign.

trail, and instead of moving forward. with those reforms, we are seeing. like an entrenchment in the status quo? >> Yeah, it's hard to reconcile and I think. a lot of the folks that supported that. movement are trying to grapple with that. issue. I don't know how much your. viewers have followed the the fight over. the Supreme Court case around Roundup. and glyphosate, right? But, but. ultimately, a lot of the supporters of. the MAHA movement, you know, came to.

Washington, they rallied, they fought to. make sure that a liability shield wasn't. included in in the farm bill and they. were able to get that language stripped. out, yet the Trump administration's EPA. continues to side with big corporations. like Bayer in the Supreme Court case. So, I think there is a real tension. that's emerging and that's going to have. to be reconciled and that there's. opportunities. you know for for real reform in this. space, but it's going to take leaders. who actually mean what they say, not.

just say nice things on a campaign. >> Well, to that end in terms of moving. forward with some tangible solutions, can you speak about the Save Our Bacon. Act? >> The Save Our Bacon Act, although. you know, some might say a clever name, it doesn't really save anybody's bacon. other than big corporations like. Smithfield who happens to by the way be. Chinese owned and control one in four. pigs in the US. So, the truth is is that. the Save Our Bacon Act would override.

states' rights because back in 2018, for. example, California passed a law that. said if we are selling pork in our. state, we want to make sure that it's. not raised in environments that are. overcrowded and and have really. disgusting conditions. That seems like a. pretty darn simple. food safety regulation to me, but Big Ag. is saying, "No, no, no. We don't want. states to have any right to tell us how.

we're going to do what how we're going. to produce the food that they need to. buy.". >> How is that even constitutional to say. that states don't have the right on a. state-by-state basis to regulate the. food supply, for example. I mean, unless. it's you know. already listed in the Constitution. I. mean, you know, the 10th Amendment to the Constitution. says that anything that isn't listed in. the Constitution should be left up to. the states. And so, how is it even legal.

to say that the states aren't able to. regulate their own food supply if this. is an issue that isn't already. clearly. laid out within the first nine. amendments to the Constitution? >> Yeah. So, first of all, the. you know, these big pork corporations. actually took this law to the Supreme. Court because they wanted it overturned. by the Supreme Court, and they lost at. the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court. justices, both conservative and liberal. justices, said, "No, this law is.

actually protected by the Constitution. The only way this law can actually be. overturned is through federal. preemption." So, for example, Congress. does have the right when they explicitly. declare that they're going to take away. a right from a state, then they can take. that and and move it to the federal. level. And that's exactly what is being. done here through the Save Our Bacon. Act. They're trying to claw a right that. has been, since the founding of our. country, embedded in the state's a.

state's abilities, and they're trying to. move that to the federal level. >> And so, do you have any indication as to. how this is going to go? Do we have any. any way to predict the support that this. thing will garner? >> Well, you know, the the Save Our Bacon. Act language was included in the House. Farm Bill that was, you know, passed out of the. House Agriculture Committee, passed on. the floor of the House. So, we know that. language is in there. We also know the.

Senate Farm Bill is dropped today, and. it doesn't include that language. But, we also know that there are a lot. of senators who are very cozy with some. of these big, you know, corporations that are the ones. that spend all the money lobbying and. and have all the folks sort of knocking. down their door. And we know that. they're going to try to pressure an. amendment at every turn. They're they're. hoping, frankly, that Americans are out. at their 4th of July barbecues, they're.

they're, you know, spending time with their. family, and that they're going to have. an opportunity to sneak this in through. a. committee process, through an amendment. on the committee, an amendment on the. floor, some method of trying to get this. into the final legislation. just to say we passed the farm bill. with all these sort of things buried in. it that that most folks haven't read. >> So, what can we do? What can folks who. are watching and listening right now do.

to help? >> Yeah, well, Uproot has a petition that. that folks can sign to say, you know, to. tell Big Ag to stop pressuring these. senators and stop pressuring members of. Congress to include this. We know that. these big agricultural corporations, we. know they're putting a lot of energy. behind trying to get this into a farm. bill and they need to be held. accountable by. you know, folks who buy their products, folks who are are paying attention. And.

so, by signing that petition, petition, that's the first thing I would say folks. can do. The other thing I'm going to do. personally is is I'm going to call my. senator. >> That was going to be my next question is. are there any specific senators, regardless of party, that folks should. be. especially attuned to given given what, you know, given their positions on this. issue? >> Yeah, you know, the chair and ranking. members of the Senate Agriculture. Committee as well have a lot to say. about this. So, that's folks like Senator Boozman from.

Arkansas, but also Senator Klobuchar. from Minnesota, right? So, those folks. have a lot of power over. what gets included in these amendment. processes and those sorts of things. But. also just any member of Congress that is. on an agriculture committee has a lot to. say about this. And if that happens to. be somebody in your state, then it's. worth making your voice heard. >> Well, look, to that end, I'm going to. put the link to the petition right here. on the screen and also in the post. description. If you're listening on the.

podcast, I'm going to put it in the show. notes. Take 1 minute out of your day, fill this out, it will have a big. impact. And again, as Jake mentioned, this is something that uh you know, certain lobbyists are hoping is going to. fall under the radar, especially as we. head into a holiday weekend on July 4th. So, this is a great step to counteract. what they're doing right now. So, I'm. going to again put that link anywhere. that you can find it, post description, show notes, on the screen, and I'll even. throw it in the comments of this of this. video as well. So, with that said, Jake, I appreciate the work that you're doing.

on this issue. It's exceedingly. important, and I appreciate you taking. the time today. >> Yeah, Brian, thank you so much for. covering this issue. >> [music].