It's a pretty commonly held opinion in conservative circles that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, shouldn't be used for junk food. No candy, no pop, no pre-made take-and-bake pizzas, no chips, no gas station burritos. It's supposed to be about nutrition, after all - it's right there in the name.
The Trump administration has been making it easier for the various states that administer the SNAP programs to do precisely that. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins spoke on the matter on Wednesday, along with making some comments on a new agricultural program. It's working.
What a great day @USDA alongside @SecKennedy and @DrOzCMS as we continue Making America Healthy Again! 🇺🇸
— Secretary Brooke Rollins (@SecRollins) December 10, 2025
This morning, we signed six NEW SNAP waivers - empowering more states to put real nutrition back in SNAP and ensure taxpayer dollars support healthy choices for America’s… pic.twitter.com/Uo7xL3Xt6K
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This morning, we signed six NEW SNAP waivers - empowering more states to put real nutrition back in SNAP and ensure taxpayer dollars support healthy choices for America’s families.
We also launched our Farmers First Regenerative Agriculture Pilot, a $700M investment to strengthen soil health, simplify conservation, and support producers with one unified, outcome based process that actually works for them.
Putting nutrition first.
Putting farmers first.
Putting America first.
Proud of this team and proud of the future we’re building together!
The Secretary said:
Today, we are launching a new, farmers-first regenerative agriculture pilot project program which will invest $700 million specifically to support regenerative agriculture. We will deliver this support through existing programs our farmers already know and already trust. Protecting and improving the health of our soil is critical, not only for the future viability of farmland but to the future success of American farmers. In order to continue to be the most productive and most efficient growers in the world, we must protect our topsoil from unnecessary erosion and boost the microbiome of the soil. Today's announcement encourages these priorities while supporting farmers to transition to regenerative agriculture if they so choose. This is a farmers-first pilot program, and the first of its kind. The pilot brings USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service, or NRCS, we have our incredible leaders here, Aubrey Bettencourt, back to its core mission, helping people help the land, through whole-farm, outcome-based voluntary conservation that our producers trust.
It's nothing new, having the federal government weighing in on and encouraging soil conservation practices; this has been going on since at least 1935, with the passage of the Soil Conservation Act. It's a bit of a brow-furrowing thing to have Washington once more announce a huge expenditure of taxpayer dollars. But then, there's the SNAP issue, which may actually save us some money.
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For my money, it's the SNAP waivers that are the bigger story. There's just no excuse for taxpayer funding to go for junk food, candy, or sugary drinks. It's common, in these discussions, for the left to complain that we can't tell people what they can and can't eat, but the reply to that is properly "I can if I'm paying for it." We're paying for food for the SNAP program recipients. The least we can, and should, do is to make sure they aren't wasting that money on junk.
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