Mornings are always hectic and making sure everyone in the house is dressed and fueled for the day, with a healthy and nutritious breakfast, can be a challenge! School breakfast provides a solution to help make mornings a little less hectic, while meeting high nutrition standards and improving students’ learning experiences.
Longmont Dairy is a dairy farm in Longmont, Colo. that not only milks and cares for over 400 cows, but also process their milk on-site and delivers it to their customers across the Front Range. Between running a dairy, a processing plant and a delivery service, owners Dave and Susan Boyd definitely stay busy. David and Susan have also started the process of retiring and are working on turning the dairy over to the next generation, Dan Boyd and Katie Herrmann.
October is National Farm to School month and the Feldpausch family from Greeley, Colo. is taking students from across the country behind-the-scenes of their dairy farm. In partnership with Discovery Education and Undeniably Dairy, Chuck, Nora and their four children (Gilbert, Nina, Avelyn and Elthea), are helping others learn and understand how dairy farmers care for their cows and nourish communities.
Morning is a great time to fuel up for success. In fact, eating breakfast has been shown to help students achieve greatness by improving attendance, concentration and grades! Sadly, 75% of K–8 teachers surveyed report that their students regularly come to school without eating breakfast.
Every spring, our kids take standardized tests to gauge how they (and the school) are doing academically – and it can be a really stressful time. One of the best ways to prepare for testing time and help alleviate that anxiety? The right nutrition!
Studies show:
There have been many strides forward to help improve the nutritional quality of school meals over the years – including the removal of soft drinks, candy and other high sugar items from the menu at schools. However, some schools and activists are calling for another change that could cause more harm than good: removing chocolate milk.
As students (and teachers) celebrate the beginning of summer vacation, Dairy MAX is honoring the dedicated, hardworking and passionate individuals who encourage those students to eat healthy and stay active: our Fuel Up to Play 60 Program Advisors.
Kids tend to be picky eaters, so it can be difficult to make sure they get all the nutrients they need – not only to keep them fueled throughout the day, but to build their growing bodies.
Dr. Kirsten Bennett, a dietitian with nearly three decades of pediatric nutrition experience, explains why milk is such a valuable player in this video:
Got chocolate milk? A popular choice among both children and adults, the beverage is not only yummy but also good for you. All milk, flavored or not, has the same unique combination of essential nutrients. Plain and flavored milk include three out of the four nutrients of concern for kids: calcium, vitamin D and potassium. Check out more reasons why chocolate milk is a good choice:
