Skip to main content

2024 Green Pastures Award Winner – Caverly Farms LLC

    Eleven families were nominated this year at the Maine Dairy Seminar and online as Maine representatives for the 2024 New England Green Pastures Award, and three operations were finalists. The selection committee visited these farms in mid-June and selected Caverly Farm for the 2024 Maine Dairy Farm and Family of the Year. Their … Continued

Making the Most of the Fall Harvest

  By Kayla Raymond, UMaine Dietetic Intern with the Maine Dairy and Nutrition Council You may not want to hear this, but summer is winding down and fall is right around the corner! As sad as it may be to say farewell to summer, there is so much to look forward to in this coming … Continued

Maine Teacher Connecting to Dairy Farming Through Adopt a Cow Program

    Dairy farmers rely on a wide range of skills on a daily basis, but especially math and science. Lacey Todd, a fifth-grade science teacher at Mountain Valley Middle School in Maine, has been weaving dairy farming and agriculture into her science and ecosystems curriculum through Discover Dairy’s Adopt a Cow program. “I was … Continued

Cottage Cheese Queso

Cottage Cheese Queso Ingredients 16 oz cottage cheese 4 oz diced green chiles 1 ½ cup shredded cheese 1-2 cloves garlic ½ lime 1 tbsp taco seasoning For garnish – cilantro and lime zest   Instructions Step 1 Add cottage cheese, diced green chiles, shredded cheese, garlic cloves, taco seasoning and the juice of half … Continued

sweetcream dairy owners photo

The Sweetcream Taste

  Jacqui DeFranca and Jon Denton have always loved ice cream. Now the pair own their own ice cream shop in Jon’s hometown of Biddeford, where locally sourced ingredients have always been the focus.The two met in New York City while working at the same restaurant. When they began dating, ice cream dates were a … Continued

Image courtesy of morningagclips.com

2023 Green Pastures Award Winner – Green Valle Farm

    The Maine Green Pastures Program committee visited two dairy farms in July 2023, and they selected Green Valle Farm for the 2023 Maine Dairy Farm and Family of the Year (Green Pasture Award). The Green Valle Farm began when the Miller’s settled in Newburg, ME, in the mid-1850s. Linwood and Myron Miller, Heath’s … Continued

1 2 3 14

What People Have to Say

Maine Dairy and Nutrition Council works with schools across the state, offering grants each year for needed school nutrition equipment.

Maine Dairy

Good for Maine

Good for you

Milk Splash

Maine Dairy

Good for Maine

Good for you