Interview · moment 13 of 21
Corporate Capture of the USDA and America's Chronic Disease Epidemic
from Bobby & Cheryl | The Tim Dillon Show #360 · #360
4 min
Guest
RFK Jr. argues the USDA has been captured by big agriculture and chemical companies like Monsanto and Cargill, leading to nutrient-poor food, and cites America's poor health outcomes and high COVID death rate despite huge healthcare spending.
- Americans eating bread and pasta get gluten allergies and celiac disease, but the same food causes no problems in Italy because of chemical differences in how it's grown.
- After 40 years suing the agricultural industry, the speaker has brought more lawsuits against factory farms like Smithfield, Tyson's, and Purdue than nearly any other attorney.
- The USDA was created to protect small farmers and ensure a wholesome food supply, but now functions to destroy small farmers and protect Monsanto, Cargill, and industrial polluters.
- America has the highest chronic disease rate of any country in the world while paying $3.3 trillion annually in healthcare—two to four times more per capita than other nations—yet ranks 79th in health outcomes, behind Mongolia and Cuba.
- During COVID, America had 4.2 percent of the global population but 16 percent of deaths, the highest kill rate of any country—200 times Nigeria's death rate.
- The solution isn't more regulation but eliminating agency capture and financial entanglements that advantage chemical agriculture over regenerative farming.
- What's needed is support for farmers who want to produce healthy, nutritious food and take care of the soil.
food safety and agricultureUSDATyson'sCargillMonsantoSmithfieldPurduePilgrim