Fwd: Don't Schoolchildren Deserve the Option of Healthy Alternatives to Cows' Milk?

[Guest guest]

I just found out about this and thought it was fantastic to know that

hopefully in the future we could have the option of an alternative

'milk' - like rice milk, provided by the schools for their lunch

and/or milk programs if this passes. It is rather timely, as we just

got the forms from our son's school about participating in these

programs, and we can not since they only serve items he can not have.

 

Please contact your Senators and Representatives and let them know.

Especially now that there are so many schoolchildren who are lactose

intolerant or have animal milk protein allergies and countless others

who avoid cows’ milk for health, environmental and ethical reasons.

 

Here is the link:

http://tinyurl.com/n2ktwb

 

It should work - let me know if you have any trouble. If you don't

have your congressmen or representatives information, they do have a

link on the same page to look up who you need to contact (and a sample

letter you can personalize).

Thanks,

Missie

 

 

 

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Gene Baur <info

Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:22 AM

Don't Schoolchildren Deserve the Option of Healthy

Alternatives to Cows' Milk?

mszzzi

 

 

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Don’t Schoolchildren Deserve the Option of Healthy Alternatives to Cows’ Milk?

 

This year, Congress is reauthorizing the Child Nutrition Act,

providing us with a tremendous opportunity to make non-dairy

alternatives to cows’ milk available as an option for children in

school cafeterias around the country.

 

Currently, virtually all children participating in the National School

Lunch Program (NSLP) are automatically served cows’ milk, despite the

fact that as many as eight million schoolchildren are lactose

intolerant, and countless others avoid cows’ milk for health,

environmental and ethical reasons.

 

Contact your congresspersons today and urge them to support amendments

to the Child Nutrition Act that would make non-dairy alternatives to

cows’ milk readily available to all schoolchildren.

 

Thank you for your compassion,

 

Gene Baur

President and Co-founder

Farm Sanctuary

 

 

 

Farm Sanctuary, PO Box 150, Watkins Glen, NY 14891

 

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