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(80,159 posts) Wed Jan 14, 2026, 07:17 PM Jan 14

Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches [View all]

Source: AP

By JONEL ALECCIA

Updated 3:06 PM CST, January 14, 2026

Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Donald Trump signed a bill Wednesday overturning Obama-era limits on higher-fat milk options.

Nondairy drinks such as fortified soy milk may also be on the menu in the coming months following adoption of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which cleared Congress in the fall.

The action allows schools participating in the National School Lunch Program to serve whole and 2% fat milk along with the skim and low-fat products required since 2012.

“Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, whole milk is a great thing,” Trump said at a White House signing ceremony that featured lawmakers, dairy farmers and their children.

The law also permits schools to serve nondairy milk that meets the nutritional standards of milk and requires schools to offer a nondairy milk alternative if kids provide a note from their parents, not just from doctors, saying they have a dietary restriction..............

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/whole-milk-school-lunches-trump-5572176286b322d844bb76d52906e2c7

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Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches [View all] riversedge Jan 14 OP

....the Ag Dept sent a social media post showing Trump with a glass of milk and a "milk mustache" riversedge Jan 14 #1

Oh, thats MILK! I thought he'd just had another meeting with Putin. Callie1979 Jan 14 #7

First he saves Christmas and now he saves milk! MorbidButterflyTat Jan 15 #16

Check out his hands ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Jan 16 #22

OK, I'm not going to lie. mwb970 Jan 14 #2

I LOVE whole milk with Oreos. truthisfreedom Jan 14 #5

Same here, but I'm not a child and mostly it's on cereal. greatauntoftriplets Jan 14 #8

I use it for tea and for some recipes, like soup mwb970 Jan 14 #11

Now and then I'll drink from the carton. greatauntoftriplets Jan 14 #12

My wife grew up on a diary farm PCB66 Jan 15 #15

The existence of cream is the justification for skim milk. Igel Jan 15 #19

I haven't heard that one. But I love his bit on buttermilk. Aristus Jan 16 #25

I grew up on a dairy farm so it was allways milk straight from the cows. As an adult riversedge Jan 14 #14

TSF hypnotized by milk bottle. Sneederbunk Jan 14 #3

Probably dreaming of Vladdy MorbidButterflyTat Jan 15 #17

Woody Allen predicted the future DBoon Jan 14 #4

This is making America healthy again? tishaLA Jan 14 #6

And what we've done for the last 20 years has made America healthier? Igel Jan 15 #20

Well, in the overall scheme of things, I don't see this as a hill to die on. Kablooie Jan 14 #9

Let's talk about ANYTHING other than Epstein. Buddyzbuddy Jan 14 #10

Trump: I look forward to getting it all the time. I open a refrigerator and I say: milk with rice, milk with water, milk riversedge Jan 14 #13

it's said he doesn't drink. Igel Jan 15 #21

Boy, when that adderal wears off he crashes hard. travelingthrulife Jan 15 #18

Are we done with the milk issue? Is there anything left to discuss? CTyankee Jan 16 #23

EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES EPSTEIN FILES Bengus81 Jan 16 #24

He's so concerned about what kind of milk kids drink in school MIButterfly Jan 16 #26