3 Every Day – Tompkins County Dairy Ambassador Shares Fun Facts
Posted by Dustin Horton // October 2, 2013 // 3 Every Day, Articles
Tompkins County Dairy Ambassador Shares Fun Facts
I’m Lizzy Drake, Tompkins County Dairy Ambassador, serving my fourth year on the Dairy Princess Court. While I’m out at local events I enjoy talking to people about the dairy industry and dairy nutrition. I want to make sure people are getting their three servings of dairy products every day. I also want to help people learn more about dairy farming and the care that is given to the animals and land.
No matter what you are doing this fall from tailgating before watching your favorite football team to canning and harvesting your garden you can always add dairy to your diet no matter how busy you are. Some ways to quickly add dairy to your diet is by having yogurt with fruit for a quick breakfast, adding cheese in your fresh from the garden salad, or choosing a glass of chocolate milk as a quick snack instead of a chocolate bar. Consuming 3 dairy products every day can help maintain a healthy body, because it is filled with calcium, vitamin D and has protein to keep you going.
Farmers care about how their animals are treated and they care about their land. Farmers provide their cows with a nutritious diet, good medical care and healthy living conditions, so you and your family can have high quality milk. They work very closely with their veterinarians to keep their cows health, because healthy cows produce more milk. As much as they work with veterinarians they also work with nutritionists to improve the cows’ diets. The farmers take care of their land by working with government agencies and university experts to develop new technology aimed at conserving natural resources and protecting the environment. Farmers depend on the land for generations, so sustainability is essential to the farmer’s way of life.
Fun facts:
Low producing cows produce an average of 6-7 gallons of milk in one day.
More milk is produced today with 9 milk cows than was produced in 1944 with 26 milk cows.
The Tompkins County Dairy Princess Program is made possible through the support of the American Dairy Association and Diary Council- the local planning and management organization funded by dairy farmer check off dollars.
