We all have to decide between Hillary or Trump for President. This choice is sure to be a challenging one. However, learning how Trump feels about food issues may change everything.
This Is What Trump Thinks About The Major Food Issues:
Trump considers climate change a “hoax,” and has mentioned his intentions of eliminating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and would “cancel” the US involvement in the Paris Agreement, which is a document pledging 195 nations around the world to do their part to slow global warming.
The EPA controls the public water supply, as well as levels of pesticides allowed in the food system.
Water is crucial to agriculture and a safe food supply. Moreover, it's essential for human life for drinking purposes As far as pesticides go, the EPA is in charge of determining safe levels of potentially toxic substances that help keep the food system pest-free.
Trump has also expressed his distaste for the funding put into the Supplemental Nutrition Aid Program, or SNAP.
In his book, Time to Get Tough, Trump said the following: “The food stamp program was originally created as temporary assistance for families with momentary times of need. And it shouldn't be needed often. Thankfully, 96 percent of America's poor parents say their children never suffer even a day of hunger. But when half of food stamp recipients have been on the dole for nearly a decade, something is clearly wrong, and some of it has to do with fraud.”
SNAP actually keeps an estimated 45 million people, many of them children, from going hungry.
When asked by the Iowa Farm Bureau: “Do you support the use of biotechnology in food products and oppose efforts to require mandatory labeling for foods simply because they contain ingredients from biotechnology?,” he simply answered, “Yes.”
Trump has selected Charles Herbster, owner of a large cattle-breeding company and a pesticide company, to head the Agricultural Advisory Committee, which may be seen as controversial, as a cattle mogul in charge could be a potential hazard to sustainable agriculture.
Wow!
Now that you know how Donald Trump really feels about food policies, you can make sure you make the best decision when you cast your vote! Do you agree with Donald Trump?
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Article Source: Spoon University
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