12/17/2025
This is great news! My kids have been raised on whole milk since toddlerhood and would rather drink water than 1% or skim, and they're not alone in that, clearly.
"Whole and reduced-fat milk were removed from school menus in 2012 and schools were limited to fat-free and 1% milk, and flavored milk was required to be fat-free. While intended to improve student health, the change coincided with a decline in school milk consumption and reduced choice for students.
Over the past decade, a growing body of research has shown that milk fat has a neutral or even positive effect on health outcomes. That evolving science, combined with changing consumer preferences, helped build bipartisan support for restoring flexibility in school milk offerings."
A big win for schools and kids!
This just in: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. Thank you to everyone who joined — your voices mattered.
With today’s passage of this bipartisan bill, schools now have the option to serve whole and reduced-fat (2%) milk again. The bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.
This is an important step toward providing families and students with more nutritious, wholesome choices during critical meal times.
We thank Representatives Congressman Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-Wash.), more than 115 bipartisan co-sponsors, and Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) for their leadership in advancing legislation to restore whole milk options in school cafeterias.
This is just another great example of the power we hold when we all work together!
