Trump boosts MAHA-style farming after movement suffers Roundup loss
President Donald Trump is investing in regenerative agriculture to appease the Make America Healthy Again base ahead of the midterm elections, a move that follows a disastrous blow to the movement’s anti-pesticide goals from the Supreme Court.
TL;DR
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order to increase investment in regenerative agriculture.
- Regenerative agriculture focuses on farming practices that reduce dependence on pesticides and chemical fertilizers to improve ecosystem health.
- This move is intended to appease the Make America Healthy Again base ahead of the midterm elections.
- The executive order follows a Supreme Court decision that sided with Bayer, a pharmaceutical company, in a case concerning the herbicide glyphosate.
- The Supreme Court ruling shielded Bayer from liability for failing to warn that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Roundup, may cause cancer.