Republicans propose forcing schools to provide chocolate milk to children

Elise Stefanik, a Republican representative, introduced legislation that would make it federal law that schools must provide flavored milk.

However, the issue of milk consumption is more acute for New York state, where dairy farming constitutes the state's largest agricultural sector, according to a 2020 report by the state's Department of Agriculture and Markets.

"A wide majority of parents and medical and nutrition professionals know that offering low-fat flavored milk increases school meal participation, reduces food waste, and maintains the high nutritional value of school meals for children and adolescents," Michael Dykes, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association, claimed.

New York has nearly 3,600 dairy farms, official statistics show, producing 15 billion pounds of milk a year, making it the fourth largest dairy producer in the U.S. Stefanik's legislative push has been supported by the New York Farm Bureau.

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