Trump Signs Regenerative Agriculture Order to Boost Food Supply

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 25 promoting regenerative agriculture practices to support farmers and strengthen the nation's food supply security. The order directs the USDA, HHS, and EPA to research cumulative chemical exposure in the food supply. It also instructs USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins to expand the Regenerative Agriculture Pilot Program and build public-private partnerships. Trump announced the order at a White House Rose Garden dinner for farmers, where he revealed he had asked Congress for $11 billion in supplemental relief payments for farmers. Shortly after, the USDA released its final Regenerative Feedstock Rule, which Rollins said creates a framework connecting regenerative practices to biofuel markets for corn, soybeans, sorghum, and spring canola. The Regenerative Pilot Program, a $700 million initiative launched last year, has completed over 67,000 conservation plans covering more than 49 million acres and over 1,500 contracts valued at more than $200 million, according to the USDA.