Celebrate 20 Years of Milk

YEAR OF MILK: CELEBRATE OREGON’S OFFICIAL STATE BEVERAGE

March 28 to October 7, 2017

You’re invited to join a celebration 20 years in the making – it’s the anniversary of milk becoming Oregon’s Official State Beverage.

It all started as a class project for Bruce Cardin’s sixth grade class in Tillamook. His students felt strongly that milk should be Oregon’s state beverage. They traveled to Salem and testified in support of the designation, and Senate Joint Resolution 8 became official in April 1997.

In commemoration of this anniversary, Governor Kate Brown designated April 2017 as Oregon Milk Month. It headlines our “Year of Milk” series of events and observances that will continue through October 7:

March 28 – Dairy Day at the Capitol, Toast to Milk event
March to June – Ag in the Classroom’s Literacy Project about milk
April – celebrate Oregon Milk Month
April 13 – 20th Anniversary of Milk becoming Oregon’s official state beverage
April 17 – Milk Builds Strong Schools event
April 29 and 30 – Oregon Ag Fest
June – World Milk Day and June Dairy Month
June 24 – Tillamook Dairy Festival and Parade
June 25 – Milk Carton Boat Race
July – National Ice Cream Month
August 25 to September 4 – Oregon State Fair
September – Hunger Action Month, Great American Milk Drive
October 7 – Dairy Princess Ambassadors at Oregon’s Bounty

We’ll also have a series of farm tours, school assemblies, stories, special events with Dairy Princess Ambassadors, and so much more. Let us know if you’ll have any celebrations of your own at info@odncouncil.org!

On behalf of Oregon’s 228 dairy farm families, 29 dairy food processors and 126,000 cows, thank you for your support of Oregon’s locally-produced, high quality, delicious and nutritious milk and dairy foods.

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