Milk+without+Hormones+Campaign

=Milk without Hormones Campaign=

Food & Water Watch's School Milk Campaign here in Pennsylvania wants Congress to make the smart choice for school lunches: Milk free of artificial growth hormones.

The federal nutrition programs are a major provider of milk to our nation?s school-age children. According to the National Milk Producers Federation, nearly 430 million gallons of milk were distributed through the National School Breakfast, Lunch, and Special Milk programs during the 2005-2006 school year. Unfortunately a significant amount of this milk may have been produced with the artificial growth hormone, rBGH.

The United States is the only industrialized country that has not yet banned rBGH due to its animal welfare issues and potential link to cancer in humans. Now, as large retailers like Wal-Mart and Starbucks have stopped using this milk, it is being dumped into our public school system. Senator Casey can be a champion for schools, cows, and our future. To hear more about this issue and the School Milk Campaign, please contact Susan at shildebrand@fwwatch.org or (215) 732-3936.

Susan Hildebrand Green Corps Organizer Food and Water Watch shildebrand@fwwatch.org (215) 732-3936 (office) (515) 835-2400 (cell)