June is National Dairy Month! What started as National Milk Month in 1937 as a way to promote drinking milk, National Dairy Month has evolved into a month-long celebration to focus on dairy production and farming, nutrition, and offers an opportunity for whole communities to work together to promote agriculture.
Kentucky is the home to 58,000 milk cows who live on 630 dairy farms! Each of those cows produce about 2,000 gallons of milk each year! That averages to about 6.9 gallons of milk each day. That’s enough milk to make about 5.9 pounds of cheese or 2.8 pounds of butter each day. Not only does each dairy cow produce a lot, she also eats and drinks a lot! On average, a lactating cow can drink 30-50 gallons and eat about 100 pounds of food! The dairy cow is one amazing animal!
Kentucky Dairy Fact Sheet
Kentucky Dairy Fact Sheet
Kentucky Farms Feed Me Virtual Field Trip Series
Take your students on a virtual field trip. Denise Jones gives us a tour of her family's dairy farm - Coleman Crest Dairy - in Loretto, Ky. and tells us how they care for their cattle and collect their milk for us to enjoy. Then we go to Bowling Green to visit Chaney's Dairy Barn, where the Chaney family uses their cow's milk to make ice cream. This video includes lessons for multiple age groups.
Milk, Cheese, and Ice Cream, Please! Virtual Field Trip
Field Trip #8--Dairy PDF
Field Trip #8--Dairy Job Cards
Recipes
Ice Cream in a Bag (PDF Handout)
Liquids or Solids? Making Butter
Homemade Butter: Edible Science
Whipped Cream in a Jar
Nutrition Lessons Plans from SUDIA
Primary Lessons
I’m A MOO-stery!! (K-2)
Milk or Meat? Beef or Dairy?
Dramatic Play: Milk the Cow and Making Butter
Cow Crafts: Keep them MOO-ving
Intermediate Lessons
The Ultimate Efficient Recycler
A Day Without Dairy
Cowabunga! All About Dairy Breeds
It's A MOO-stery! (3-5)
Milk Makin' Math
Sun, to Moo, to You!
Secondary Lessons
Blue's the Clue: Souring Milk for Science
Lactose Lab: Some Don't Like It Sweet
FoodMASTER Middle: Cheese
FoodMASTER Middle: Yogurt
FoodMASTER Middle: Milk and Cheese
Milk: The Scoop on Chemical and Physical Changes
Take your students on a virtual field trip. Denise Jones gives us a tour of her family's dairy farm - Coleman Crest Dairy - in Loretto, Ky. and tells us how they care for their cattle and collect their milk for us to enjoy. Then we go to Bowling Green to visit Chaney's Dairy Barn, where the Chaney family uses their cow's milk to make ice cream. This video includes lessons for multiple age groups.
Milk, Cheese, and Ice Cream, Please! Virtual Field Trip
Field Trip #8--Dairy PDF
Field Trip #8--Dairy Job Cards
Recipes
Ice Cream in a Bag (PDF Handout)
Liquids or Solids? Making Butter
Homemade Butter: Edible Science
Whipped Cream in a Jar
Nutrition Lessons Plans from SUDIA
Primary Lessons
I’m A MOO-stery!! (K-2)
Milk or Meat? Beef or Dairy?
Dramatic Play: Milk the Cow and Making Butter
Cow Crafts: Keep them MOO-ving
Intermediate Lessons
The Ultimate Efficient Recycler
A Day Without Dairy
Cowabunga! All About Dairy Breeds
It's A MOO-stery! (3-5)
Milk Makin' Math
Sun, to Moo, to You!
Secondary Lessons
Blue's the Clue: Souring Milk for Science
Lactose Lab: Some Don't Like It Sweet
FoodMASTER Middle: Cheese
FoodMASTER Middle: Yogurt
FoodMASTER Middle: Milk and Cheese
Milk: The Scoop on Chemical and Physical Changes
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