In the industry that operates in the grace of mother nature and markets, the last thing, like my farming families, and thousands more of the need for modern AG Alliance is more uncertainty, but in Washington the crop protection tools have American agriculture.
When the MAHA commission is preparing to issue its political recommendations this week, farmers are watching closely. After the commission is very flawed and related to the original report, the latest administration signals encouraged. We should all congratulate the updated improvement of public health, but threatening access to essential measures such as pesticides, the risk of the main ally of the efforts: farmers who provide sufficiently accessible, nutritious food, fuel and fiber. Farmers and the measures they use are not obstacles to making our country healthier, but it is necessary to reach it.
For American agricultural future policy makers, it will take three realities of plant protection measures: (1) they are subject to a strict scientific review of regulators, and thousands of research prove their safety; (2) they retain healthy, nutritious food available and accessible to families; And (3) Many family farms that are already operating in the fine margins will not be able to maintain their business properly.
Before reaching the field, the pesticides experience a major development and review process on average 12 years. When EPS confirms that new chemistry meets strict health and environmental standards, these scientists are constantly reviewing all new scientific information to ensure the safety of approved products. On the contrary, he could have done a lot by writing the MAHA commission report published in May, which misinterpreted the scientific data or completely removed them from the thin air. One “investigation” quoted in the report was rejected by the court as “spam science”.
Such obvious care is particularly worrying, given that food inflation remains a stubborn problem for consumers: the new Associated Press survey shows that about half of all Americans say that food costs are currently a “main” stress source in their lives. Crop protection tools save the average four family up to 48% by their monthly food account, and food inflation could more than double if farmers lose access to the most widely used herbicide. It is only even more problems with the average American and their ability to acquire healthy food Kennedy so strongly in favor.
Unfortunately, attacks on crop protection measures reduce the basis of productivity, reduce harvest and eventually harm both manufacturers and consumers. Efforts to restrict crop protection measures will also help to improve the health of the soil again. These products reduce tillage and leakage, reduce nutrient loss and save water.
Family farms that work so hard to protect their land have become the basis of respect for America’s well -being and strength and are unfairly depicted as co -author of environmental damage. Farmers have offended such false accusations and are already trying to earn a living in the industry, which are based on extremely small margins-and-three-quarters of farms earn less than 10 cents for each dollar they spend on taxes. These families deserve clarity, not confusion, from civil servants devoted to their well -being.
Improving public health in America will only succeed if it reflects the lively reality of those who grow our food and those who buy it. This means creating a policy that makes nutritious food more accessible to working families – and support farmers working for these shelves. As the MAHA commission completes its recommendations, it must maintain the integrity of scientific -based processes and give priority to risk -based assessments compared to ideology.