C3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 20,1981 Dairy Council, where the advertising dollars go BYJOYCEBUPP Staff Correspondent SOUTHAMPTON - “It is wiser to give them the facts than to curse their ignorance,” is the philosophy espoused by Ray Weber, executive director of Dairy Council, Inc Dairy Council, Inc., is the non profit, nutritional education arm of the Middle-Atlantic Advertising and Promotional Agency, funded primarily with voluntary checkoffs from dairy producers in Federal Orders Nos. 2,4 and 36. One of 37 national affiliates of National Dairy Council, doing business out of 130 offices across the country, Dairy Council, Inc is headquartered in Southampton, outside Philadelphia. It serves the fe u ** l"T\ li' J I Program Coordinator Althea Zanecosky conducts a nutrition workshop, one of her many duties with Dairy Council, Inc. Get your ag loan from the bank that understands fanning. 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Delaware and New Jersey A national effort toward public nutritional education traces its beginnings back Jo 1913, when a group of dairy industry leaders organized a Council of the National Dairy Show at the national cattle exhibition in Chicago. In 1914, cattle attending the show were inadvertently exposed to hoof and mouth disease The Council was effective in managing to save the show animals, comprising the nation’s best breeding stock, fi om Being destroyed. One year later, enthused by the cooperation during the crisis from dairy leaders, the group - FIRST NATIONAL hjT> MCr/Bth* O'C reorganized and incorporated under the title National Dairy Council Coinciding with the . Council’s beginnings came a scientific discovery that helped solidify the fledging dairy group’s reason for being In 1913, E V McCollum, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin, discovered Vitamin A in milk After the initial formation of NDC, McCollum met with the group to encourage the industry leaders to focus on instigating a program of nutrition education for the general public. More than a half-century later, NDC is still forging ahead, using dairy farm contributions to achieve their stated purpose - “to contribute to the achievement of optimal health by providing leadership in nutritional research and nutrition education based on the concept of a balanced diet, including milk and milk products. SENSENIG'S SPOUTING Rd 3, New Holland, PA 17557 ★ Seamless Spouting in a variety of colors. ★ Made on the job. ★ New or repaired. ★ Old style half round spouting Quality Workmanship at Low Rates J FREE { 717-354-4481 2 ESTIMATES | Nelson S. 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The bulk of staff time is spent in educational workshops and seminars at schools and with ELMIRA, ONTARIO professionals, such as hospital and institutional dietary specialists. One of the most successful Dairy Council programs is a school series that began aimed at youngsters of kindergarten through sixth grades, and has now been expanded to include up through tenth grade and down to pre-school ages. “Food.. Your Choice” uses a mixture of modern com munications and teaching techniques to involve children in learning how to make knowledgeable decisions on food choices for a better balanced diet “Food... 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