A brief look into food under the new administration

         Our topic for this semester, food, is a very interesting one because it isn't often thought of as a major issue. Although millions of Americans suffer from food insecurity, the 2016 campaign did not focus on this issue. Now it is 2017, and a new president is being ushered into the white house, replacing an administration that was fighting for healthier meals. Because it is only the beginning of a new administration, we still do not know what the plan is with relation to food, but we can still make some guesses.

         I managed to find an article about Trump and school lunches (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/will-trump-fast-food-fan-remake-healthy-school-lunches/), and it had a couple of interesting points. The article began by talking about Michelle Obama and the work she did to help improve healthy diets in America. The article believes that there will be changes that span beyond the school lunchroom. Although there are no specifics, some believe that a major area of change will be in regulation. It is possible that the new administration tries to loosen regulations on large food companies. I do not know enough about the regulations themselves to know whether or not this is a bad idea, but I believe that loosening the regulations won't stop the trend of awareness we see today. I don't think it is possible for the new administration to stop Americans from trying to find out what is in their food.

          The final topic that the article touches on is food stamps. There is more known about what the Republican party has planned for food stamps, and it isn't promising. What has been said in the past leads us to believe that there may be cuts or tighter restrictions on food stamps, which we already saw were difficult to get by on. We don't know what the next 4 years have in store for food in America, all we know is that we must keep an eye on what is going on.