Jared Polis Estimates 50 Million For Vegetarian, Non-Dairy Options In Schools
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 18th, 2010 in Children, Food & Drink, Politicians.
Colorado representative Jared Polis revealed his suggestions to put more vegetarian and non-dairy options in school lunches could cost around $50 million a year, but insists the benefits would outweigh the costs in health care savings.
Polis was in Denver, Colorado recently promoting his bill, The Healthy School Meals Act.
“One of the things I’ve always been dismayed by is the nutritional value of the meals schools serve,” Polis said.
He also emphasized the importance of offering non dairy options to the 10-20% of children who are lactose intolerant.
Although the National School Lunch Program requires schools to always offer cow’s milk, a 2004 reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act and National School Lunch Act allowed schools to offer non dairy alternatives as long as they were equal to nutrition in milk.
However, the USDA does not cover any additional price difference, and as a result, schools aren’t able to offer alternatives like soy or rice milk.
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