Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is going full America First — in the lunchroom. In a wide-ranging interview with BlazeTV’s Sara Gonzales, the Trump-appointed HHS chief revealed plans to overhaul the Biden-era school food guidelines and replace them with something revolutionary: common sense.
Kennedy, who has spent years warning about the toxic sludge that passes for “food” in America’s mass-production system, confirmed that his agency is developing a new, simplified food pyramid — one that actually respects the health of children and doesn’t read like a bureaucratic dissertation.
“When we came in,” Kennedy told Gonzales, “the Biden administration had created new nutrition guidelines, but they were unworkable.” Unworkable might be putting it lightly. The document Biden’s team put together was 453 pages long — more suitable for a university food science dissertation than something a working mother or school cafeteria worker could even begin to understand.
RFK JR CONFIRMS HHS IS LOOKING AT A NEW FOOD PYRAMID
"The document that we got from the Biden administration was 453 pages long, so it's completely useless to a mother or to a school. We want a 3 page document to give the schools an option to get foods locally." pic.twitter.com/4hSV1PoVKr
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) April 3, 2025
“It’s completely useless,” Kennedy said bluntly. “What I said is, ‘We want a three-page document that essentially says you should be eating whole foods.’”
That’s it. No Orwellian USDA checklists. No food lobbyist influence. No more pretending that highly processed, corn-syrup-laden “meal kits” are acceptable for growing children. Kennedy is cutting through the rot and bringing the food conversation back to basics — locally sourced produce, hot meals prepared on-site, and meals supervised by actual nutritionists, not federal desk jockeys in Washington.
“We should have nutritionists in every school in this country like they do in Japan and in other nations,” Kennedy emphasized. “That are supervising the food production and the nutrition of those kids and have much healthier kids.”
This isn’t just about healthy lunches. This is about pushing back against the industrial food complex — one that’s been kept alive through bloated federal subsidies, fake science, and a revolving door of corporate lobbyists masquerading as nutrition experts. For decades, American children have been fed Frankenfoods in the name of government efficiency, while school cafeterias are run more like vending machines than kitchens.
Now, under President Donald Trump and Secretary Kennedy, the era of school lunch insanity may finally be coming to an end.
And let’s not ignore the bigger win here — transparency and accountability. Biden’s 453-page behemoth of a food policy wasn’t just confusing — it was hiding behind jargon to avoid real change. Kennedy’s move to simplify, localize, and decentralize school meal decisions is exactly the kind of federalist approach Americans have been demanding for years.
Not only that, but Kennedy is already putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to trimming government fat. He told Gonzales previously that he’s been slashing waste at HHS, aiming to make the sprawling department “lean and efficient.”
Imagine that — a government agency actually cutting costs while improving services. A novel concept in Washington, but it’s happening under Trump’s watch.
This isn’t about ideology. It’s about results. It’s about putting the health of America’s kids ahead of corporate donors and K Street lobbyists. It’s about making school cafeterias places of nourishment again, not dumping grounds for microwaved “mystery meat” and overpackaged junk.
Democrats love to parade their so-called concern for “the children” every time they want to push a new tax or social program, but when it came to something as fundamental as nutrition? They delivered 453 pages of empty, unreadable fluff. Republicans, led by Trump and RFK Jr., are bringing back plain talk, real food, and local control.
It’s time to end the top-down, one-size-fits-none approach to school nutrition and give American families the tools — and freedom — to nourish their children the right way.
Because let’s face it: if Biden’s idea of health starts with a 453-page spreadsheet and ends with reheated soy nuggets, then it’s time for a total food fight.
