Since 1937, June has been designated as a special month to celebrate milk and all things dairy. National Dairy Month is an annual tradition that recognizes the contributions the dairy industry has made to health and happiness around the world. Oregon has a lot to celebrate, and what better way to kick things off than World Milk Day? After all,
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Looking back over the past year, there were a lot of great stories about Oregon dairy farmers, processors and the positive work they support with schools, health professionals and communities across the state. In case you missed them, here are links to some notable posts we shared in 2017: Umatilla Learning Connection Town Hall Reaps Positive Results What I Learned
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Amidst the excitement of heading into 2018, we’re reflecting on a memorable year that marked the anniversary of milk’s selection as Oregon’s Official State Beverage. We called it the “Year of Milk,” and it was a celebration 20 years in the making. It all started back in 1997, when Bruce Cardin’s sixth grade students at East Elementary School in Tillamook
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Today, the Oregon School Activities Association recognized Oregon’s dairy farm families for their ongoing support of the state’s schools, coaches and athletes.
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Remember those old videos of Ed Sullivan introducing the Beatles? Well, it wasn’t quite that boisterous when the students of Martin Luther King K-8 School in Portland learned that they were selected to receive a brand new iPad Learning Lab. But it was close. The donation was made possible through a charitable Jacksons Food Stores program called “Milk Builds Strong
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by Mary Swearingen, dairy nutrition consultant and Oregon Dairy Women member Twenty years ago, I was in the third grade when my cousin (a county dairy princess at the time) visited my class to give a presentation — it was the same year milk became the Official State Beverage of Oregon. Twenty years later, I returned to read to three
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Oregon Dairy and Nutrition Council 