School is back in session, and dairy farmers are helping provide a more nutritious pizza option to student through the national dairy checkoff’s work with the Domino’s® Smart Slice school pizza program. Domino’s Smart Slice – which satisfies increasingly stringent school nutrition guidelines – will be delivered to more than 1,300 schools representing more than 220 districts this year. The … Read More
Dairy Farmers Deliver Hot Pizzas to Veterans
America’s dairy farmers delivered a hot and cheesy “thank you” to veterans in five U.S. cities this past Veteran’s Day! Patients in Veterans Administration hospitals in Washington; Chicago; Dallas; San Antonio, Texas and Green Bay, Wis. all received special care packages of pizza and milk courtesy of America’s dairy farmers in partnership with Pizzas 4 Patriots, a non-profit organization that … Read More
N.Y. Dairy Rally Brings Out Dairymen
The current milk price has spurred many dairy farmers into action, getting them more involved in how their milk is marketed. A group of dairymen from western N.Y. and several even from Pennsylvania, met to discuss the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 last week, at a dairy rally held in N.Y. A group of more than 150 dairy … Read More
Ohio State Farm Butter Sculpture Salutes State's Dairy Farmers
The 2009 Ohio State Fair Butter Sculpture showcases “the people behind the product,” Ohio’s dairy farmers. To see the buttery art for yourself, visit the Ohio State Fair, July 29-Aug. 9. “While many things about modern agriculture have changed with the times, dairy farmers’ commitment to caring for their animals remains a top priority,” said Scott E. Higgins, CEO for … Read More
Dairy Farmers' Highlighted on ABC
ABC Nightly News recently did a story on the economic plight our country’s dairy farmers are currently enduring. A good piece to watch. DAIRY WOES/RECESSION – The recession has slammed many industries but Mike Von Fremd on WORLD NEWS noted that “dairy farmers across the country have been hit by the global recession as hard as any single segment of … Read More