Ben Carson Touts Hot Dogs at $50 Million School Nutrition Event
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Updated · The Independent · Aug 25
Ben Carson Touts Hot Dogs at $50 Million School Nutrition Event
3 articles · Updated · The Independent · Aug 25
Summary
Ben Carson, speaking at a USDA event on healthy school meals, cited hot dogs alongside fresh produce while promoting the administration's new Harvest to Hallways program.
The $50 million initiative is meant to link schools with local farmers, with up to $25 million in grants to help cafeterias buy locally grown ingredients as grocery costs rise.
Carson's remark adds to a string of Make America Healthy Again missteps by senior officials, including earlier stumbles by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.
The healthier-meals push also lands as Trump administration SNAP rule changes leave fewer children automatically eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches.