“There is a lot of opportunity for certain groups of people to increase their purchasing of avocados,” Escobedo said.
and boost their health, momentum is growing to put it back.Federal lawmakers have revived bills that would allow whole and 2% milk to be served again in schools, in addition to the skim and low-fat milk mandated since 2012. A U.S. Senate committee
Tuesday on a bill that has bipartisan support.“Kids need wholesome, nourishing food to grow strong and stay healthy, and whole milk is packed with the nutrients they need,” said Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat who is co-sponsoring the legislation.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called the federal dietary guidelines requiring
and last month encouraged “full fat/whole milk” to be used in Head Start programs for the nation’s youngest children.AP’s Lisa Dwyer reports there’s a new push to put whole milk back in school meals.
The Obama-era move to require
was aimed at cutting kids’ consumption of saturated fat and calories, which can increase the risk of heart disease and obesity.“She just had no chance, getting left locked in a stall and her owners evacuating and just leaving them all there,” Bagan said.
But some horse owners were ready.When Meredith McKenzie got a notice days before of the heightened fire risk, she asked people at her barn to help evacuate her horse so she could focus on caring for her sister who has Alzheimer’s.
“Horse people are not stupid about if there’s fire coming. We’re out before it starts because once that smoke happens, the horses go nuts and go crazy,” McKenzie said. “It’s very hard to corral them because they just want to run.”The ranch where she kept her horses, the historic Bob Williams Ranch on Cheney Trail, burned, she said. McKenzie lost her equipment but another ranch has said they’ll give her a saddle and bridle.