Trump Issues Executive Order

We are right now smack dab in the middle of deer season, meaning as a practical matter, millions of hunters are out there doing what they love, filling their freezers with lean, high-quality venison for both themselves as well as their families. But while those hunters are putting meat on their own tables, nearly one in five American kids don't know where their next meal is coming from. They're what's known as food insecure. And so someone had the bright idea of marrying these two groups. Hunters can now donate deer to certified processors who will then turn that deer meat into millions of meals delivered to food banks, pantries, and even school backpack programs. Now, I will say that technically these programs have been around for a while now, but they just got a major boost in the form of an executive order signed by President Trump. Which directed the USDA, as well as the Interior Department, to expand federal support for hungry American kids to get access to this high quality meat. And so if you happen to be one of the 11 plus million deer hunters in America, stick around. I'll give you the full breakdown of how these programs work, what the new change via the executive order actually means, exactly how easy it is to donate, and it's quite easy, it turns out, which states are doing what with their meat, because it turns out that these programs vary a lot from state to state, as well as why filling one extra tag this This year could literally feed. Hundreds of hungry kids while at the same time allowing you to do something that you already love. hunting deer. And so strap in, smash those like and subscribe buttons, and let's dive into it. So to start with, on September 17th, President Trump signed the executive order that I mentioned, which expanded hunting access on federal land. The order was titled Reinvigorating America's Hunting Heritage, and it was relatively long. It had quite a few provisions in it, including allowing the use of lead ammunition, expanding hunting on Sundays on both state and federal lands, It offered expanded opportunities for youth and veteran hunters, and it also includes mechanisms to increase game populations. But what I really wanted to focus on is the part of the executive order that directed the USDA to increase support for state-led wild game donation programs to both schools as well as food banks. Specifically, you had Section 5 of that executive order, which was titled Increasing Wild Game Donation, and that section directed the Secretary of Agriculture to issue official guidance on how the federal government can support these state-level deer donation programs. It also separately directed the Secretary of the Interior to use what are known as Pittman-Robertson funds to offset the cost of both processing as well as distributing the meat to the local communities. And for your reference, Pittman-Robertson funds, those are generated through taxes on the sale of firearms, ammunition, as well as archery equipment. This money, it was already being distributed to the wildlife agencies in different states, but this order... It encourages those states to use those funds specifically for processing donated deer meat and then delivering that meat to schools and food banks, which I guess, if you think about it, makes paying those taxes a little less painful. All right, just to pause here for a super quick moment, 30,000 investors have already backed Rad Intel. Now you can too. Today's sponsor has raised more than $88 million and secured multiple seven-figure contracts with Fortune 1000 brands across gaming, entertainment, fashion, and healthcare. 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That's because compared to beef, deer meat contains slightly higher amounts of protein per serving, along with higher nutritional concentrations of several different vitamins and minerals, while at the same time having a lower amount of saturated fat. Also, Wild deer sustain themselves predominantly off of a diet consisting of foraged fruits, vegetables, and grasses, while at the same time freely roaming around the countryside, the suburbs, the woods, sometimes the highways, and so on. Beef cattle, on the other hand, they are typically fed a steady diet of GMO grains and they live relatively sedentary lifestyles. Not to say that beef isn't great, but realistically venison is definitely more lean and I guess you can say more natural, which is why over 11 million Americans every single year go out hunting and they wind up harvesting roughly 300 million pounds of venison And also, most deer hunters will tell you that hunting is a lot more than just about shooting a deer and getting the meat. It's the camaraderie that comes with catching up with your buddies at the camp. It's the feeling of teaching your kids how to track, how to shoot, and how to generally hunt, and how to field dress, and then carry it back to the car. And it's in reconnecting with nature and, I guess, the profound sense of appreciation that one gets about the circle of life when you shoot the deer and field dress it yourself. And many hunters, they're more than willing to share both their experiences as well as their harvests. with others in the community, which is where this organization comes in, Hunters for the Hungry. It's an NRA-supported national program that's been working with state-level partners to establish a massive nationwide network of certified deer meat processors who accept donated meat, process it, package it, and then give it out to places like food banks, pantries, and church programs that then feed the hungry. Their website says that more than 8.1 million meals are provided annually by donations from hunters through their program with most of those being in the five states of Virginia, Missouri, Iowa, Pennsylvania, as well as Ohio. Now the way the donation program works is simple. I'll explain it starting from the permitting process which I mean if you're a hunter watching this it might be too obvious to even watch but I'm sure that many people watching this are not familiar with that process so I'll just quickly go through it. In order to legally I don't really hunt big game like deer. You generally need both a hunting license as well as a deer tag and a deer tag you typically buy the beginning of the season and it's basically a permit to take one deer. Each tag is good for exactly one animal. And most deer hunters, they're thrilled, of course, that they can just get one deer per season. But it's very much worth mentioning for our discussion that you can get more than one tag per season. And so, for instance, you can get one tag for a buck and then another tag or two tags for a doe or two does. Now, many of these extra tags, they wind up going unfilled, meaning you have the legal authority to bag an extra deer, but you didn't. And so these types of programs like Hunters for the Hungry, They encourage hunters to go ahead and not let their extra tags go to waste. They're asking them to legally harvest an additional deer if they can and then donate that deer to a participating venison processor. The thinking is that again with approximately one in five children in America lacking the daily nutrition necessary for optimal growth, there's really no excuse to let a valid tag go to waste. Especially since the average white-tailed deer has around 50 pounds of deboned lean meat Which, when processed into burgers, is enough for 200 quarter pound hamburger meals, all just from one deer. And there's a lot of room for growth in a program like this, given the fact that at the moment, less than 3% of harvested deer meat is donated, meaning 97% is harvested and, I guess, taken locally. I guess you can say, you know, now that I think about it, it's probably donated in the sense that people give it out to their friends and their local community, but only 3% goes to a program like this. And so for a hunter, the donation process is very simple. First, you find a deer processor near you in your local community, or I guess in your local area of the state, that accepts donated venison. And I'll actually throw a link down in the description box below with an interactive map where you can click on your state and see where the local processors are in your area. And I've read that it's best to call ahead of time just to make sure that they do have space because processors tend to get slammed, especially during peak season. Then once you have that sorted out, you bag and field dress the deer, you drop it off at the processor and you tell them that you wish to donate it. That's it. From there, the processor will go ahead, grind up the deboned meat into burgers. They'll package it, they'll freeze it, and they'll ship it out to participating food banks in order to feed the hungry. And the freshly signed executive order from Trump. It promotes growth in these programs by pushing the individual states to apply the funds that they get from those taxes on guns, ammo, and archery equipment to these programs to cover the cost of processing, packaging, refrigerating, and transporting this meat to places like schools, food banks, as well as hunger relief programs. And just to get an idea of how effective these programs can be, I want to share this quick story out of South Carolina which kind of paints a human picture. The nonprofit South Carolina Hunters for the Hungry has donated more than 1,500,000 pounds of venison to the community over the past 20 years. Our very own Jane Robalo joining us now in the studio with more on what these hunters hope to accomplish in the coming years. Jane? Well, Rashad and Sydney, that million and a half pounds translates into protein for more than six million meals. And these hunters are just getting started. With state funding now, they're working through the SCDNR. They've started a backpack program just last year. Processors use those deer donations to make a lean, high-protein venison snack stick. So far, they've donated more than 110,000 venison sticks to school backpack programs statewide. That, in addition to the thousands of pounds of highly nutritious meat that's being donated to soup kitchens and food banks. And so, that's all to say that with another month or two still left in deer season, you still have a chance to make a difference by donating a deer to one of these participating state-level processors. That is unless, of course, you're part of the 60% of hunters in America who don't bag anything and are forced to eat tag sandwiches come Christmas time. However, I will mention that I personally do not believe in coincidences. And if you think about it, out of the tens or even hundreds of millions of videos online, you happen to watch this one. And so this year, if you're a hunter, there's really no excuse. Try to bag an extra deer, donate it, Do it for the kids. At the very least, if nothing else, it might convince your wife to not give you any more trouble for staying a day or two extra at camp with the boys. And that perhaps might be the greatest victory of all. If you want to learn more about the programs as well as where the state processors are in your local area, I'll throw all those links down into the description box below, which is again that same description box right below those like and subscribe buttons, which if you haven't already, please smash now so that the algorithm will pick pick this video up and share it out to ever more people, ever more hunters. Family members of hunters who can then share it with their family members who hunt. Basically, let's just get this information out there so more hungry kids can be fed. And then until next time, I'm your host, Roman from The Epoch Times. Stay informed, and most importantly, stay free.