Press Release Legislation Championed by Sens. Fetterman, Kennedy, Booker and Wicker Washington, D.C. – Animal Wellness Action, the Center for a Humane Economy, and Switch4Good lauded U.S. Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., John Kennedy, R-La., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Roger Wicker, R-Miss., for introducing the ADD SOY Act today to give kids a nutritionally equivalent, plant-based milk … Read more
Dunking the Milk Mandate
Washington, D.C. — Today, Animal Wellness Action reacted with distress and anguish after learning that thousands of cattle trapped inside a Texas factory farm perished in a massive fire triggered by an explosion at the industrial milk production facility in the panhandle. On April 13, at about 7 p.m., first responders arrived to see plumes of smoke rising … Read more
Press Release Claudia Miller Ignite Series launches with an examination of the ‘milk mandate’ in the National School Lunch Program and the need for a plant-based alternative Washington, DC – Animal Wellness Action, a Washington, DC-based animal-advocacy group, has announced the first in a monthly series of educational webinars that will focus on issues relating … Read more
ADD SOY Act Introduced in House to End Milk Mandate in Public Schools and Give Kids a Healthy Beverage Choice When it comes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), we don’t let one commodity group monopolize the plate. School lunch servers, day after day, don’t just give kids beef. Or potatoes. Or tofu. The … Read more
Press Release Legislation championed by Reps. Troy Carter and Nancy Mace Washington, D.C. – Animal Wellness Action, Switch4Good, the Center for a Humane Economy, and the Animal Wellness Foundation applauded Reps. Troy Carter, D-La., and Nancy Mace, R-S.C., for introducing the ADD SOY Act on Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 1619, the … Read more
Dairy industry monopoly in our nutrition-assistance programs persists despite millions of kids having lactose intolerance Of all the industries that the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosts with a vast array of subsidies and support programs, the dairy industry may be at the top of the heap. For decades, our federal government has been working to … Read more
Letter Represents Next Step in Advocacy by Animal Groups, Health Champions to Introduce Milk Alternatives In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, 31 members of Congress asked him to address the dairy industry monopoly in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) that is forcing a food staple onto the breakfast and lunch trays of millions of kids of … Read more
Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – Civil rights, social justice, and health organizations are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to address an unfair and discriminatory food policy embedded in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).The dairy industry has a monopoly on distributing nutritious beverages in our federal food assistance programs to 30 million kids … Read more