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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “USDA was created to protect the small farmers and to ensure…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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Published | Video Starts at 42:28

And they've been captured by the big telecom companies. The EPA has been captured by the big polluters, the USDA has been captured by Big Ag. USDA was created to protect the small farmers and to ensure that we would have a wholesome food supply. But it does just the opposite. It's making war against small farmers. And it's, and it's ensuring that Monsanto and Cargill and the big chemical companies, et cetera, control our food supply and are able, without any kind of impediment, to poison the American public. (42:28–42:36)

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Asserts the original purpose of the USDA was to support small farmers and ensure food quality.

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