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Cory Booker: “The federal government is the largest food buyer on the…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Sen. Cory Booker Warns of U.S. Health Crisis & Calls for "Food is Medicine" Reform Plan | AC1N

Published | Video Starts at 07:37

And we make healthy food more affordable for families that need it most. Number two, feed the kids and the troops. Right? The federal government is the largest food buyer on the planet Earth. USDA, Pentagon, school lunches, military bases, VA hospitals. We spend billions of dollars a year and too often we use it to buy ultra processed food, flop laden with chemicals and serve it to our children and our soldiers. (07:37–07:44)

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Asserts that the U.S. federal government is the largest purchaser of food globally.

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