Tag: whole milk
PA Farm Bureau, dairy industry urge schools to return whole milk...
With the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act signed and USDA rules finalized, the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is urging schools to bring whole milk back for the 2026-27 school year. Local dairy leaders highlight the nutritional benefits and high student demand for these options at a recent Cambria County press conference.
President signs bipartisan whole milk bill into law
Western Pennsylvania dairy farmer William Thiele was recognized in the Oval Office as President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025.
Whole milk could soon be returning to school cafeterias
The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 awaits the president's signature, after it passed Congress earlier this week with bipartisan support.
97 MILK nonprofit seeks volunteers help to continue milk advocacy
A movement to promote the choice of whole milk in schools that began in 2019 in central Pennsylvania may be close to succeeding. The trouble is they need more manpower to reach pay dirt and change public sentiment about the red-capped milk that they feel too few people know is 97% fat-free.
Bill aims to put whole milk back in schools
The U.S. House recently passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which aims to put whole, reduced fat and other milk varieties back into schools again.
Fat in whole milk misunderstood; new labels may help
How much milkfat is in whole milk? Many people don't know. The Pennsylvania Department of Ag just issued some guidance that could help clear that up.
