CSPI opposes the partisan Farm Bill released by the majority last week in the House. The bill attacks SNAP benefit adequacy, cuts key climate-smart agriculture programs, guts the evidence-based process used to update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and circumvents school meal nutrition standards in a way that has no place in a Farm Bill. As written, the “Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024,” through cuts and programmatic changes, undercuts our nation’s food and nutrition security.
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School breakfasts and lunches will have less added sugar and less sodium over the next several years. Learn more about upcoming changes to school meals.
Whole milk and 2 percent milk have been banned from school meals since 2012—but why? Everything you need to know about the research, law, and student health.
The National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity wrote to lawmakers in opposition to the "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act," which would return whole milk to the school meals program in contravention of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Dollar stores are the fastest-growing food retailer in the United States. If more dollar stores participated in WIC, food access could improve for millions.
In these comments the Center for Science in the Public Interest asks the Food and Drug Administration to ensure that any actions taken to clarify the labeling of plant-based milk alternatives prioritize public health, and to adopt a mandatory labeling disclosure requirement to inform consumers about nutritional differences between plant-based and dairy milks, as it first asked in 2019.
Dumping dairy? The payoff: plant milks have a lighter impact on our overheating planet. And you have more options than ever. Choose carefully, and you can still net as much—or more—of milk’s key nutrients plus some healthy fats, all while keeping a lid on added sugar. Here’s what to know.