BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited Bakersfield Thursday to meet with local and federal partners about healthy food access and nutrition education.
Kennedy met with Congressman Vince Fong and other partners at Edible School Yard Kern County. The roundtable focused on ensuring people in the area have access to healthy food and the knowledge to incorporate it into their daily lives.
The visit comes as the Trump administration has made nutrition and chronic disease prevention a major focus of its health agenda.
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