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While regulators, legislators and industry stakeholders debate whether whole, 2% and flavored milks should be offered alongside plain, low-fat and fat-free options as a required component of school meals, a growing number of students are raising concerns – and their voices – about a lack of plant-based options.

Last fall, Marielle Williamson, a senior at Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles, set up a table just outside her school’s college center. Stocked with free stickers and cartons

It’s part of a growing, youth-led movement against the Agriculture Department’s “milk mandate."

A growing number of students nationwide are fighting the government's mandate to serve cow's milk in public schools.

A growing number of students nationwide are fighting the government's mandate to serve cow's milk in public schools.

The House Education and Labor Committee today, July 27, passed a bill to reauthorize child nutrition programs.

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor advanced the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act with a vote of 27-19.

The realities of climate change — including more frequent floods, droughts, wildfires, heat waves, and more — are becoming ever more visible in

Billie Eilish took a detour from her Happier Than Ever World Tour to advocate for plant-based school meals on Capital Hill.

Billie Eilish took a quick detour from her Happier Than Ever World Tour to speak out in support of the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act, proposed legislation that incentivizes school districts to serve plant-based meals.