Guest blogger, Kara Stultz is the 2018-2019 PA Alternate Dairy Princess
Happy summer! Did you know that June is National Dairy Month? I hope you spent the past month (and every other month) enjoying some delicious dairy foods.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) has introduced the Milk in Lunches for Kids (MILK) Act to allow schools to serve whole milk and two percent milk.
The MILK Act also requires the Secretary of Agriculture to revise regulations to exclude milk fat from the cap on saturated fat in school lunches. Currently, schools may only serve fat free or one percent milk with lunches.
State Capitol “Dairy Day for PA Healthy Kids” highlights nutritional and economic benefits of real milk and dairy products
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Surrounded by schoolchildren and farm families, Pennsylvania dairy leaders called on legislators and policymakers at the State Capitol to urge Congress to pass reforms that would bolster students’ nutritional options by permitting whole milk to be served in schools and to end the mislabeling of non-dairy products as milk. The rally capped “Dairy Day for PA Healthy Kids” and focused on passage of three key measures in Washington:
Wanna keep your kids entertained and have a cool summertime treat? Make your own ice cream — you don’t even need any fancy equipment!
We all know that June is National Dairy Month! And what better way to celebrate than yummy dairy recipes from Pennsylvania dairy farmers?
