Trump to Sign Bill Allowing Schools to Offer Whole and 2% Milk

Maine’s senators deserve praise for milk legislation

Following a concerted, multi-year campaign to end federal rules forcing schools to place milk on students’ trays, even when they could not safely consume it, the recent passage of legislation (S. 222 – The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act) in Congress has ended the 80-year-long federal school “milk mandate.” Both Maine senators served as […]

Trump offers reporters something disgusting during Oval Office event, and they have no idea what's coming

President Donald Trump used an unusual prop to make fun of reporters this week. He offered them a bottle of milk that he said was days past its expiration date. The strange moment happened during an Oval Office signing. Several reporters in the room looked confused as Trump gestured toward the bottle with a grin. Trump was signing a new bill that affects school lunches across the country. The law allows school cafeterias to serve whole milk and …

Whole Milk is Back: President Trump Signs Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, President Donald J. Trump signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act in the Oval Office alongside U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., USDA National Nutrition Advisor Dr. Ben Carson, dairy farmers, moms, and bipartisan members of Congress to restore access to whole milk in schools and strengthen support for American dairy producers.This legislat…

Whole Milk Is Back in School Cafeterias. How Healthy Is It For Your Kids?

Whole milk will be making its return to public-school cafeterias after a 10-year absence, thanks to a new bill unanimously approved by Congress late last year and signed into law on Wednesday by President Trump. The dairy industry—recently boosted by Robert F. Kennedy’s MAHA move of flipping the U.S. nutrition pyramid to put meat and dairy on top—is counting it as a win, with the National Milk Producers Federation saying the law “represents ma…

Trump Brings Whole Milk Back to US Schools — But Why Was It Banned?

In a move that has captured national attention beyond the corridors of school nutrition policy, United States President Donald Trump has signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act into law, as announced by the White House. Public school cafeterias will once again be permitted to serve whole and 2% milk. The change reverses a policy of more than a decade and ties into broader shifts in federal dietary guidance and political priorities. Whole Milk…

Whole and 2% milk could return to school lunch trays in Connecticut

Connecticut school districts could soon be offering whole and 2% milk again—options that were banned for more than a decade under federal nutrition rules. A...