NMPF Celebrates Senate Support for Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
April 2, 2025
NMPF celebrated strong bipartisan Senate support for the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act as senators began considering this critical legislation.
In a Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing held Tuesday to review the measure, committee members and panelists highlighted the role this bill could have in increasing student milk consumption and nutrition access while also potentially decreasing waste. The hearing was the first formal Senate action on the bill, which overwhelmingly passed the House in 2023 and is poised to do so again this year.
“We know that Americans are under-consuming dairy products, and as we heard today, students have said they want the milk they are familiar with and that they find satisfying. For many students, that’s whole milk,” said NMPF President & CEO Gregg Doud.
The House of Representatives is considering similar legislation this year. The bill was approved by the House Education & the Workforce Committee with bipartisan support Feb. 12 and it now awaits floor action. Similar legislation that passed the House in 2023 was not taken up in the Senate that year.
