Organizational letter opposing Whole Milk Act in Farm Bill

The undersigned organizations strongly urge you to oppose S.1957, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023, which is also included within the House Farm Bill and Senate Republican Farm Bill framework. As either a standalone bill or as part of the 2024 Farm Bill, this legislation would allow school meals to offer full-fat (whole) and reduced-fat flavored and unflavored milk, and arbitrarily exempt full-fat and reduced-fat milk from current saturated fat limits in school meals, both of which are inconsistent with the recommendations of the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. View the resource below to continue reading.

Back to school: The easiest, healthiest packed lunches 

Packing lunch for school? Our 14 best tips will ensure your child has a healthy, safe, allergen-free meal full of vitamins, fiber, calcium, and protein.

Raw milk: Sales are up, and so are public health risks

Misinformation about raw milk, primarily related to the current bird flu outbreak, puts consumers at a higher risk of foodborne illness. Here's what to know.

CSPI letter to the House Committee on Agriculture re: partisan Farm Bill draft

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. Click "View Letter" to keep reading.

School meals get an upgrade: What to expect going forward

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.

USDA sets first added sugars limit on school breakfasts, lunches

NANA coalition letter in opposition to Whole Milk bill (HR 1147 and S 1957)

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.

Why milk served in schools is always low-fat or nonfat

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.

Dollar General: Don’t discount families!

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.

Comment to FDA on plant-based milk alternatives

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.