Brooke Rollins Announces USDA National Farm Security Action Plan to ‘Promote Agricultural Prosperity’ and ‘Strengthen’ U.S. Food Supply

(Breitbart)—Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins revealed that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rolling out the National Farm Security Action Plan, which will “promote agricultural prosperity” and “defend the foundations of agriculture” and strengthen the U.S. domestic food supply.

During a virtual pen & pad event on Monday evening, ahead of a press conference on Tuesday, Rollins explained that the plan includes “seven key action items.” One of the key action items focused on “securing and protecting the American farmland,” while another key point focused on “rooting out fraud, abuse, and foreign adversaries” that were posing a threat to the U.S. nutrition safety net and food stamp programs.

“First we are securing and protecting the American farmland — first of the seven. Within that number one, we all know that land owned by foreign nationals can pose a threat to national security and future economic prosperity. Too much American land is owned by nationals of adversarial countries, and more than 265,000 acres in the United States are owned by Chinese nationals — much of which is located near critical U.S. military bases,” Rollins explained.

“The second pillar; we are enhancing the resilience of the agricultural supply chain. American agriculture is currently at a disadvantage on the world stage because the production of key ag-inputs and the transportation of American ag-commodities around the world rely on components produced in other countries, including some of our foreign adversaries. To address this imbalance, we are conducting regular assessments, creating lists, ensuring that every day we are focused on exactly what this looks like. How to identify risks and security vulnerabilities to the food critical infrastructure sector, and then providing solutions to those assessments,” Rollins added.

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