Trump administration guts Obama’s school lunch program

Jan. 31, 2019 National

Pizza, mac and cheese, and chocolate milk are back in school lunches. The Trump administration is rolling back President Obama’s healthy lunch program. Nutritionists may be shuddering, but the dairy industry is happy.

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Big Dairy Is About to Flood America’s School Lunches With Milk

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Guests:

Peter Robison - Bloomberg News / Businessweek - @therealrobison
Maya Adam - Stanford University

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Yael Even Or, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Caitlin Plummer

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