Help Get Meat and Dairy Products Out of Schools

October 18, 2007

Send to a Friend | Donate Now | Join Our Activist Network Dear Margaret, We need your urgent help to encourage the government to stop paying for unhealthy and cruel products to be fed to American children! For decades, the federal government

has bailed out the meat and dairy industry at the expense of both children's health and animals. Whenever meat or cheese prices fall, the government buys up millions of dollars' worth of these products and sends them to schools for their breakfast and lunch programs as well as other food programs. As a result, kids continue to gain weight and have a higher risk for diabetes and heart disease, and the meat and dairy industry continues to get rich. We now have a chance to change things. The Farm Bill, which includes the blueprints for agricultural subsidies and food-assistance programs, is about to come up for renewal. Certain helpful amendments will be proposed that would cut subsidies for unhealthful, cruel foods like meat and dairy products and would include more vegetables and fruits in nutrition programs. What You Can Do Call your U.S. senators immediately and ask that they

support reforms that will benefit children's health instead of the meat and dairy industry. Visit the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine's (PCRM) Web site for easy talking points as well as the phone numbers of your senators. Sign up for PCRM's "Congressional Quick Response Team" so that PCRM can send you quick alerts when the time is especially critical for calls, e-mails, or letters to Congress. For all animals, Jenny Lou BrowningSpecial Projects CoordinatorPETAJennyB Visit the web address below to tell your friends about this. Tell-a-friend! If you received this message from a friend, you can sign up for PETA's Activist Network. This message was sent to dogs_good. Visit your subscription management page to modify your e-mail communication preferences or update your personal profile. To stop ALL e-mail from PETA's Online Community, click to remove yourself from our lists (or reply via e-mail with "remove" in the subject line). This e-mail was sent by: PETA 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510United States