This week our guest blogger is our dietetic intern Elizabeth Aurand. Elizabeth Aurand is in her senior year at Boston University studying dietetics. As an intern at The New England Dairy and Food Council, she hopes to learn how to link her interest in communications with her knowledge of nutrition to educate the public on …
Have you been waiting for the right opportunity to give to The Great American Milk Drive? We have two upcoming events that give to this good cause and give you something in return. Next weekend, September 13th and 14th, offers some fun activities for those in the Greater Boston area: MixFest and the Boston Local …
Kids will soon be back to school, and parents should remember to include dairy for weekday breakfasts and in that brown bag lunch (or encourage children to choose dairy on the cafeteria line). Healthy eating habits help kids concentrate in the classroom. Poor eating habits, like skipping meals, interfere with cognitive function and are associated …
I flipped the calendar last week and August stared out at me with a big circle around August 27th that read, “First Day of School.” YIKES! My eldest daughter Kaela will be hitting the books third-grade style and Charlotte will be exploring the “big” playground in first grade. It is hard to avoid all the …
Caring for and treating animals with the utmost compassion and respect is a key part of dairy farming and a dairy farmer’s day. Happy, healthy cows are a dairy farmer’s number one priority! While dairy farmers provide great care for their herds and are right there on the farm each and every day, they aren’t …
Recently, I got to travel to East Canaan, CT to visit and meet with the Freund family. The Freunds are a third generation dairy farm family and it was great to see and hear their passion for farming. We headed to the farm bright and early to shoot a video to add to the “Your …