Tom Tiffany outlined school-meal changes at Wisconsin dairy farm

Tom Tiffany, a Republican U.S. representative and candidate for governor of Wisconsin, visited Morning Star Dairy Farm in Brice Prairie on Friday. The visit focused on his proposals for school meals and on connections between schools and farms in the state.

Tiffany said that school food should include dairy products made by Wisconsin farmers. “When it comes to feeding our kids, we should be serving real dairy products, and supporting the farmers who produce them,” he said during the visit.

His proposals, as described at the farm, would change the way school meals are provided and would connect students with local agricultural producers. The source did not provide further details on the proposed meal standards, the farms that could participate or the timetable for implementation.

Tiffany also linked the discussion of school meals with the future of Wisconsin agriculture. “If we want Wisconsin agriculture to remain strong for the next 50 or 100 years, we have to make sure young people have a future in farming today,” he said.

The visit took place at Morning Star Dairy Farm in Brice Prairie. Tiffany’s remarks identified two groups he said would benefit from his approach: students, through access to real dairy products, and farmers, through support for the products they produce.

Tiffany is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Wisconsin. The account of the visit did not include responses from dairy farmers, school officials or other candidates, and it did not specify whether the proposals had been introduced as legislation or adopted by any school district.