MISSION

  • The Health & Harvest campaign empowers families to choose the healthcare they need and farmers to produce the healthy foods and agricultural products that keep us nourished and clothed. Our policies are created to restore thriving rural communities and address the chronic disease and healthcare affordability epidemics.

Focus Areas / Policy Pillars

  • Healthcare Affordability – Shifting the focus from government programs and insurance gatekeeping to affordability of care and reduction of middlemen.
  • Responsible Nutrition – Ensuring our food supply is safe and transparent, allowing taxpayer dollars to fund healthy nutrition and not junk foods.
  • Rural Prosperity - Restoring the economic viability of the family farm and the success of rural communities.
  • American Farmers First – Ensuring American agriculture serves American interests by feeding our people and protecting against foreign interference.

Healthy America

Healthy America works to create policies that give all Americans full agency in decisions that affect their health and well-being. Decisions about what, how, and where care is received should be made by patients and doctors, not by politicians, bureaucrats, and medical industry. AFPI’s healthcare policies put the patient and doctor in control, dignify life, promote better health and medical outcomes, improve access, and lower costs for Americans.

Farmers First Agenda

The Farmers First Agenda is committed to bold policy solutions, restoring rural prosperity and strengthening America’s agricultural leadership. From the fisheries of the Bayou to the corn fields of the heartland, AFPI is supporting state and local leaders as they seek to revitalize communities across their states.

China Policy Initiative

For decades, D.C. insiders and Wall Street elites perpetuated the lie that American engagement with Communist China would cause that nation to open, to liberalize, and to reform. Even as evidence accumulated to the contrary, some benefitted from this deception, continuing to profit off of China at the expense of America’s stature and America’s workers. AFPI advances policies that confront an existential rival to our Nation and our livelihood.

Team

Matthew Schmid

Health and Harvest Campaign Director

The Honorable Bobby Jindal

Chair, Healthy America

Hannah Anderson

Director, Healthy America Policy & Senior Director of Policy

Charlie Katebi

Deputy Director, Healthy America

Christie Mullin

Chair of Rural Policy

Kip Tom

Vice Chair of Rural Policy

Sarah Frey

Senior Advisor for Rural Policy

Royce Hood

Policy Analyst, China Policy Initiative

Latest

Statement | January 13, 2026

AFPI Urges Congress: Stop Forcing Americans to Pay for Abortions

Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI), urged Congress to stop using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions.
Statement | January 7, 2026

One Year Since California Palisades Disaster: State Government Mismanagement Continues

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic Palisades fire in California, which destroyed 23,700 acres and damaged over 6,800 structures. The damage and pain have not ceased as America-last policies continue to harm those in the Golden State. Former CA Congressman Mike Garcia, Chairman of America First California, issued the following statement.
Commentary | January 2, 2026

Polling Summary: Support For Stronger Guardrails In SNAP Regarding Income & Asset Tests, Citizenship, And Work Requirements
Fact Sheet | December 22, 2025

AFPI Priorities in the FY26 NDAA

On December 18, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2026. The NDAA, which Congress has passed every year since 1961, plays an important role in the defense of the homeland, reauthorizing budget priorities that support our military and provide them with the tools necessary for the fulfillment of the United States’ foreign policy objectives.

Public Comment | December 19, 2025

Comment Opposing Surrender and Decommission of the Potter Valley Hydroelectric Project, Project No. 77-332

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