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Taste Not Waste
By shopping smart, storing food properly, and understanding “best by” dates, we can keep food out of the landfill and lower our environmental impact.

Taste Not Waste -Milk

Taste Not Waste -Yogurt

Taste Not Waste -Cheese

Dairy Farm Sustainability
Dairy cows provide important nutrients with little impact on the environment. Use these resources to help tell the positive sustainability story of dairy. 

Sustainability Practices on Dairy Farms

US Dairy Industry Impact on GHG

U.S. Dairy Path to Net Zero

Meet the Farmers
Take a closer look at some of Maine’s dairy farms commitment to sustainability.

Meet the Farmers – Harris Farm

Meet the Farmers – Brigeen Farms

Honor the Harvest
Honoring the Harvest is about how we work together to use food with good purpose, so it’s never wasted.

Honor the Harvest

Working Together We Can Honor the Harvest

Reducing Food Waste in the Home – Honor the Harvest

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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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!  

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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!

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