Kennedy touts milk in Wisconsin, ‘real food’ coming to schools

Kennedy promotes dietary guidelines as a way to help farmers. Plus, health journal to unveil major UPF research.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. eat ice cream at an event with the International Dairy Foods Association. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta).

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to Food Fix. I’ll be at FIMCON this afternoon moderating a panel with Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) all about food is medicine. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) was also set to join but won’t be there today, I’m told. If you’re attending, say hi!

New Forked: We’ve got a new episode of Forked out today! Theodore Ross and I talked to Michael Pollan about what’s changed in the 20 years since “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” was first published – and why he thinks the food movement has been mostly a failure. 

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