Corn Refiners Association President and CEO John Bode says the administration’s MAHA initiative is generating momentum on chronic disease prevention while raising red flags for agriculture. “When science and risk-based policies are abandoned, we see things like irrational challenges to agricultural production practices that are very sound, well-established,” warns Bode. “To pledge radical transformation of our food system is to pledge increased food prices.” Bode says the long-term effect on agriculture will depend on whether federal agencies continue insisting on science-driven policy and regulatory integrity.
