Navyn Salem is the founder of Edesia Nutrition, a company with a factory in Rhode Island that makes a therapeutic food for malnourished kids. And the news is a boost for the two U.S. companies that make RUTFs — Edesia Nutrition and a company based in Georgia called Mana Nutrition. “It’s a baby step.”But at Edesia Nutrition, the news that the U.S. will resume ordering RUTF represents a big step forward. She’s the founder of Edesia Nutrition, which buys raw materials – like soy, powdered milk, peanuts – from U.S. farmers and makes it into Plumpy’Nut. He says, since Trump’s inauguration day, the gap between what food aid is needed and what’s provided has been growing.