please help

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a friend is trying to change the usda rulings on feeding children soy milk and

dairy in skools and day care

i'm forwarding her e-mail far and wide

so, some of you lucky folks will see this half a billion times..sorry!!!

if you can please write a letter to the usda..thank you

fraggle

 

 

Many of you know of my fight with the USDA over the last year and a half to let

me use soy milk in my daycare... They are starting to LISTEN now, thanks to the

efforts of many people and groups. PLEASE PLEASE take the time to send a letter

their way.

Thanks

Rainforest Linda

 

 

 

 

 

Please tell USDA to offer organic alternatives

to cow's milk in US public schools.

 

The Special Nutrition Program, part of the Food and Nutrition Service

under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is now taking comments

about adding soy and rice drinks as alternatives to milk to the food

programs in our nation's public schools. Currently, funding is not

readily available for these alternatives and schools are only required

to provide them to students with medical conditions that require such

an option.

 

With enough support from the public, the Special Nutrition Program

will draft a legislative proposal asking Congress to amend

the Child Nutrition Acts to make available alternatives to milk

in school cafeterias. Please call and write, and ask all your

friends and family to do the same, in support of the addition

of ORGANIC soy and rice drinks to the food programs in our public

schools.

 

If you have a child in public school, please mention it in

the sample letter.

 

Thank you.

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Sample letter:

 

Date:

 

Peter Murano, Associate Deputy Administrator

Special Nutrition Program

USDA Food and Nutrition Service

3101 Park Center Dr. Rm. 510

Alexandria, VA 22302

Tel.: 703-305-2052

Fax: 703-305-2782

 

Dear Mr. Murano:

 

I strongly urge the Special Nutrition Program to draft legislation to require

public schools to offer organic soy and rice drinks as a substitute for milk,

for the following reasons:

 

* Organic soy/rice drinks are lower in calories and fat than whole milk and

can be

fortified to contain the same vitamins and minerals.

* Most children already get enough protein. Soy/rice drinks would substitute

for

only 1-2 servings per day of milk. If the USDA wants to offer high-protein

soy

drinks, some soy drinks are available now at retail that contain as much as

9g

protein/8 oz. serving.

* Because they are made of complex carbohydrates that are metabolized slowly

(most

are sweetened with rice syrup), organic soy/rice drinks are a healthful

alternative to the sugary drinks that children who do not like milk often

choose.

 

I also ask you to include in the legislation a provision favoring the purchase

of organic products over non-organic products, and a provision that prohibits

the USDA or any school or agency from discriminating against products labeled

" made without genetically modified organisms. "

 

As a person who drinks organic soy and rice drinks regularly, I know they are

inexpensive, tasty, nutritious and easy to digest. They also cause less

environmental impact than non-organic products or milk. Offering organic

soy/rice drinks in the schools is a small but important step toward improving

the health of American children.

 

Sincerely,

Name

Address

 

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