Nick Capitice, Hannah McCarthy. Civics 101 everybody.

We recently released an episode about school lunch in America, the social and legislative history, and a promise that there is a whole lot more to that story.

So in this episode, we're continuing the story.

And spoiler alert, This is America, so I'm not going to tell you the ending because there isn't one

I'm just going to tell you where the story stands right now.

Wait, wait, speaking of where the story stands right now, Hannah.

Did you hear the milk news?

Oh, yeah.

Okay, everybody, one thing to keep in mind

is that a lot of the issues with lunch in school, as in so much of the legislation

and so much of the money involved in the project of feeding kids, has to do with the power

of lobbies in Congress. And right now at the end of

2023 when we're taping this episode Congress made time

amidst an absolute slew of unresolved major concerns including aid to Ukraine and migration at the Mexican border

to debate whether or not to bring whole milk back into schools.

Reflecting on Christmas traditions this year begs the question. If Whole Milk is a good option to fuel

Santa's extraordinary Christmas Eve journey, then why isn't it an option for American school children in their lunchrooms?

Just in case you were wondering, yeah, Big Milk, aka the Dairy Lobby is powerful and one day I would like to do an episode on it

But I digress on to the stuff that Congress may one day address in addition to whether or not.

that was an argument basically made on the floor.

Let's keep this story rolling with someone who has worked closely

on school meal problems in his city.

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