MAHA Strategy Report Takes Heed of Pork Producers’ Concerns, More Education Still Needed

MAHA Strategy Report Takes Heed of Pork Producers' Concerns, More Education Still Needed

WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 9, 2025 - The MAHA Commission has released its "Make Our Children Healthy Again" strategy, which aims to address childhood chronic disease but also has potentially heavy impacts on farmers, sound science, and healthy food. These impacts remain a concern, but the strategy shows signs of progress from the initial "Make America Healthy Again" report released in May.

"While agriculture's voice was widely unheard in the initial MAHA report, we thank the administration for listening to our concerns before releasing the 'Make Our Children Healthy Again' strategy. We all want to help our children be healthy, yet there is still more work and understanding for this goal to best be accomplished," said NPPC President Duane Stateler, a pork producer from McComb, Ohio.

"America's pork producers need the administration's continued partnership and receptiveness to agriculture and food industry education," Stateler explained.

The strategy incorporates a range of initiatives that risk stigmatizing modern farming while deviating from President Trump's directives related to food security, safety, and affordability. And the regulatory expansion outlined in the report could lead to increased litigation against American businesses, including food and agriculture.

NPPC's recommendations to the MAHA Commission leading up to the strategy's release included:

When the initial MAHA Commission report was released in May, NPPC warned against the dangerous language used to describe the work of farmers feeding our nation, and NPPC has offered to partner in transparent, risk-based research to further public health.