Letter to the editor: Put whole milk in schools

Getting whole milk back in our schools cannot be considered a political issue. We must get whole milk back in our schools for our children’s’ sake. It’s important that their bodies and their developing brains have real whole milk.

The good news is that U.S. Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, R-Howard, has introduced House Resolution 832, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, that would simply allow whole milk (both flavored and unflavored) to be served in schools.

Good for children, who are more likely to drink the nutrition-packed whole milk than skim. Good for dairy farmers, who are struggling in a more than four-year financial slump. Wisconsin alone has lost more than 212 dairy farms just this year.

At least four members of Congress from New York, both Democrats and Republicans, have co-sponsored the resolution: Elise Stefanik, Chris Collins, Anthony Brindisi and Antonio Delgado.

Please call your congressmen and urge them to co-sponsor this legislation.

Arden Tewksbury

Meshoppen

The writer is a volunteer with the Progressive Agriculture Organization (progressiveag.org).