Before nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, President Donald Trump promised to let him “go wild on health, go wild on the food, go wild on the medicines,” and Kennedy has given every indication that he plans to do it. With the Senate now considering the nomination, we all need to take a hard look at Kennedy’s fringe points of view — not only his alarming views on vaccines and fluoride, but also his dangerous vision for the future of our nation’s agriculture and food regulation.

If confirmed, Kennedy would undermine decades of progress in agricultural productivity, environmental sustainability, and food security. He’s not just out of step with scientific consensus; he risks destroying the livelihoods of American farmers, undermining American competitiveness, and making basic food products unaffordable for ordinary families.