Milk Variety Makes Healthy Kids

Milk Variety Makes Healthy Kids

May 26, 2026 · 11 min · Season 8 · Episode 5

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The episode discusses the benefits of offering a variety of milk options in schools for students and dairy farmers.

The greater the variety of milk in schools, including whole, lower-fat and flavored varieties, the greater the benefits to students, dairy farmers are telling lawmakers as they meet them on Capitol Hill. “I think it's awesome that students and kids have a choice. Giving them more choices just gets more milk out there for them, and the benefits that it has, and the flavor that it has that kids enjoy,” said Lauren Schwartzbeck, a schoolteacher and dairy farmer who farms near Union Bridge, MD, a...

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