MAHA? Junk Food and Seed Oil Lobbyist Tapped for Top USDA Position

In his big inauguration day speech at Capitol One Arena, President Trump declared that we will “Make America Healthy Again.” The next day his administration named a career junk food lobbyist as chief of staff to the federal agency that oversees the nation’s food and nutrition guidelines.

Kailee Tkacz Buller has been chosen for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) chief of staff, where she will be the right-hand woman for the agency’s secretary—expected to be Brooke Rollins—and help implement policies, manage staff, and assist in messaging. Tkacz Buller, a USDA alumni from the first Trump administration, has most recently worked for the seed oil industry lobby as President and CEO of the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) and the Edible Oil Producers Association (EOPA). Prior to joining the first Trump administration, she was a lobbyist for top junk food industry lobbying groups the Corn Refiners Association and SNAC International.