She also noted some of the contradictions in what the report lists versus the administration’s actions.

Earlier this spring, for example, the Trump administration canceled multiple programs focused on increasing local foods in schools and food banks.

During an event discussing the report on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a revised farm-to-school program. She said this revision would include a streamlined application process and expand access for small family farms to markets and federal nutrition programs. It was not clear, however, which specific U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program she was referring to. The farm-to-school policy was also mentioned in the MAHA strategy.

When asked if this announcement meant the local food programs would resume, Calley Means, a special government employee and MAHA ally to Kennedy, told reporters he couldn’t get into the specifics. But he said Rollins’ announcement signals the administration’s goal of creating markets for local farmers to put local, fresh food on children’s plates.

Another major feature of the new MAHA report was a stated intention of the administration to improve nutrition education, particularly after the upcoming dietary guidelines are released. But as Mande pointed out, the Republican’s One Big Beautiful Bill cut $500 million in SNAP-Ed funding, a program that promoted nutrition education. That was a significant and unprecedented amount of funds for a nutrition initiative, Mande said.

“They’re the federal government, they don’t need to call for these things. They need to do these things,” Mande said. “And to do these things requires funding or regulation, and they really shy away from that.”

While public health groups agreed with some of the policy priorities listed in the report, they pointed out its lack of details, including strong enforcement mechanisms.

“In the rare cases it gets right, as it does with closing the GRAS loophole, details are sparse,” Peter Lurie, president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, said in a statement. “And even in the case of food dyes, the administration is pointedly deciding not to use its regulatory authority to spur progress.”

Still, some MAHA supporters remained optimistic over the actions outlined in the report.

In an interview with Fox News, Vani Hari, also known as the Food Babe, said the MAHA Commission’s strategy will “declare a war on ultraprocessed foods.” The document claims the administration will continue work to define these foods, but it does not refer to these products directly again.

“The reduction of ultraprocessed foods in the American diet will change our farming practices, will reduce the reliance on chemical intensive agriculture by default,” Hari said.

Zen Honeycutt, founder of Moms Across America, said she was concerned that specific pesticides like glyphosate and atrazine weren’t mentioned in the report, but she acknowledged that the commission was being “strategically vague” because of intense opposition from industry groups.

“The report addresses over a dozen environmental factors that have never been addressed by any administration previously in a meaningful way, so we are thrilled about this historical document,” Honeycutt said. (Link to this post.)