U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), chair of the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) Caucus has proposed nearly 30 bipartisan bills toward codifying processes aligned with RFK Jr’s designs for a healthier America. Speaking to Fox News Digital, Senator Marshall highlighted four pillars of the legislation including increased efficiency in agriculture; healthier, more nutrient-rich food; affordable access to primary care healthcare; and addressing mental health challenges among young people.
Marshall says the path forward begins with the soil, itself. “Soil health seems to be the common ground. So healthy soil meets healthy food meets healthy people.” One of the proposed bills, The Plant Biostimulant Act, would encourage the use of organisms placed into the soil that latch onto the roots of plants to help them absorb nitrates and more water.
The bill ties-in directly with Marshall’s lean toward regenerative agriculture, which uses fewer fertilizers, less water and other status-quo farming techniques to produce healthier foods on more sustainable farmland. Marshall believes this would yield a cheaper, more nutritious diet for Americans by, "…growing more with less.”
The Senator acknowledged, returning to an entirely organic food production process devoid of fertilizers would create healthier food, but also crank up the costs on consumers and strain farmland.
Earlier in the week, Senator Marshall held a roundtable with Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to bridge the gap between farmers and the MAHA Caucus, believing the Trump administration has created a window for a dramatic shift in the nation’s food system – a window he hopes will lead to more healthy consumers.
“We think heart disease, hypertension, is really an inflammatory reaction… to the food we’re eating and the constantly high sugar levels in our blood system,” said Senator Marshall. “So absolutely, I think, seize the moment. This is it.”
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