Farm Life
We All Scream For Ice Cream
There’s just about nothing better than ice cream on a hot summer day. This makes it feel fitting that National Ice Cream Month is July. As a staff, we love all our fun dairy treats around the state. While talking through all the different places we love, we decided to highlight a few that stood … Continued
Cow Care Quiz Game
Play this fun Cow Care Quiz Game and learn more about how dairy farmers care for their animals!
2025 Green Pasture Award Winners – Rainbow Valley Farm
Eight of Maine’s dairy farms were nominated by peers to earn the New England Green Pastures Award, which recognizes an outstanding dairy farm from each New England state. Congratulations to the Bragg family and Rainbow Valley Farm, Sidney, Maine for their efforts in outstanding dairy farm stewardship practices! “The summer I was seven, I remember … Continued
Twenty Years of Mount Desert Island Ice Cream
Linda Marie Parker knew from a young age that she wanted to work for herself and the only dessert that ever mattered was ice cream. Flash forward to this this year and Mount Desert Island Ice Cream is celebrating their 20th anniversary. Mount Desert Island (MDI) Ice Cream was born in 2005 when Linda (the … Continued
The Women of Maine’s Dairy Industry
International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th and is a perfect time to highlight some of the amazing female dairy farmers around Maine. Betsy Bullard Betsy is an owner of Brigeen Farms in Turner. They milk 600 registered Holsteins. I asked Betsy to comment on ways she liked to be involved in the community. … Continued
2024 Green Pastures Award Winner – Caverly Farms LLC
Eleven families were nominated at the Maine Dairy Seminar and online for Maine’s 2024 New England Green Pastures Award. Of those nominations, three operations were finalists. The selection committee visited these farms and selected Caverly Farm for the 2024 Maine Dairy Farm and Family of the Year. The Caverly family, will be recognized at the … Continued
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.
Tina Fabian, RSU 3
The milk barrels were a fun and engaging marketing tool to showcase milk. Displaying them at the end of our serving line had a noticeable impact, encouraging more students to choose milk with their meals. We sincerely appreciate the support of the Maine Dairy Council in helping make this possible!
Denise Tapley, RSU 89
The coolers were extremely useful to our program, besides use in the regular summer program. The kids thought they were super cool and awesome looking! We appreciate your organization so much and love our coolers.
Wendy McDonald, Orrington and Dedham
The students love seeing the milk in the milk barrels and picking it up themselves. They like that the milk is so cold- that has really surprised them how cold the barrels keep the milk.
Ellen Dore, RSU 16
As always, the Maine Dairy Council goes above and beyond to help Maine children receive the nutrition they need. RSU 16 has benefited from their help and guidance for many years. From smoothie blenders to milk barrels and of course my personal favorite the red summer feeding cooler bags!! Our kiddos always recognize the round cow barrels mean grab a milk to start your meal!
Cyndi Kimball, Easton
This piece of equipment is the coolest—both figuratively and literally. The students truly enjoy having access to the yogurt bar, especially with the fresh fruit mix-ins. Honestly, we didn’t realize just how much yogurt we were going through until we saw the distributor’s numbers. It's clearly a big hit!
Tammy Conners, RSU 74
We have been fortunate to be able to receive coolers when needed for many years. The coolers are a must to serve meals off site and away from our cafeterias (summer meals, field trips or simply spring picnics outside.) The size is much safer for staff to carry than a large chest cooler and we do pack reasonably even though the coolers can hold a full crate of milk. Your support is very much appreciated!
