{"id":71943,"date":"2026-04-16T15:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/rfk-jr-and-podcast-guest-suggest-food-is-affordable-in-the-us-despite-rising-costs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:54:56","slug":"rfk-jr-and-podcast-guest-suggest-food-is-affordable-in-the-us-despite-rising-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/rfk-jr-and-podcast-guest-suggest-food-is-affordable-in-the-us-despite-rising-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr and podcast guest suggest food is affordable in the US \u2013 despite rising costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health secretary and chef Robert Irvine claim Americans could eat healthier and more cheaply if they shopped better<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first episode of the new Secretary Kennedy Podcast, produced by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), opens with this quote from guest Robert Irvine, who creates meal plans for the US military: \u201cWe talk about food being expensive. If you\u2019re buying expensive food, it\u2019s expensive. But if you\u2019re buying food and you know what to do with it, it\u2019s not expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The episode is titled Fixing America\u2019s Food System \u2013 Robert Irvine, and features a 45-minute conversation with the HHS secretary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\">Robert F Kennedy Jr<\/a>, the host of the show, and guest Irvine. Best known as a celebrity chef, Irvine has collaborated with the US military to launch Victory Fresh, a program that offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/271366\/grab_and_go_healthy_meals_for_on_the_go_soldiers\">healthy grab-and-go meals on military bases<\/a>, during the Biden administration. The program\u2019s Biden-era origins are never acknowledged during the show.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/16\/rfk-jr-affordable-food\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health secretary and chef Robert Irvine claim Americans could eat healthier and more cheaply if they shopped better Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The first episode of the new Secretary Kennedy Podcast, produced by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), opens with &#8230; <a title=\"RFK Jr and podcast guest suggest food is affordable in the US \u2013 despite rising costs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/rfk-jr-and-podcast-guest-suggest-food-is-affordable-in-the-us-despite-rising-costs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about RFK Jr and podcast guest suggest food is affordable in the US \u2013 despite rising costs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}