Ag Secretary Rollins Details Canceled Tax-Funded Programs for 'Transgender and Queer Farmers'

Canceled USDA Contracts

• 🎯 The US Department of Agriculture has canceled a $300,000 contract aimed at educating queer and transgender farmers on food justice in San Francisco.
• 🎯 A similar contract in New York, also focused on educating transgender and queer farmers on food justice and equality, has also been canceled.
• 🎯 A $600,000 contract in Louisiana, which studied the menstrual cycles of transgender men, has been terminated.
• 🎯 Another canceled contract, funded through a university in the Midwest, focused on increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion within the pest management industry.

Rationale for Cuts

• 💡 Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins stated that these programs are nonsensical and do not make sense to fund with taxpayer dollars.
• 💡 She highlighted these as examples of fraud, waste, and abuse found within government spending.
• ⚠️ Rollins indicated that these are just a few examples among hundreds of similar programs identified for potential cancellation.