Dairy Fun At Farm HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) and a dairy promotion exhibit at Pennsylvania’s Dairy Promo- the Farm Show Comoplex. Penn tion Partners will implement a sylvania’s Dairy Promotion Part variety of activities featuring milk ners include American Dairy As and dairy products at the upcom- sociadon and Dairy Council, Mid ing Pennsylvania Farm Show, Jan. East United Dairy Industry Asso -7-12,199S in Harrisburg. Togeth- ciation, and the Pennsylvania er, these organizations will spon- Dairy Promotion Program sor a butter sculpture, the third an nual ice cream “Scooperbowl” fundraiser, “Dairy Fun Night,” Talking Cows Debut At Farm Show HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The 1995 Pennsylvania Farm Show, to be held January 7-12, 1995 at the Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg, will be the setting for the “Rosie and EUie” Show featuring animated talking cows. The robotic character;, located at the Pennsylvania Dairy Promo tion Partners’ booth in the north building, will entertain children and adults with their program mable messages and animation. “Rosie” and “EUie” wiU host talk shows about topics such as nutrition, the Pennsylvania dairy industry, ice cream trivia, and other topics related to Pennsylva nia’s leading agricultural industry. The cows also have the ability to talk “live” to visitors at the booth. Throughout the day they wUI take breaks to chat with interested show-goers. The Pennsylvania Dairy Pro motion Partners the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council, Mid East UDIA, and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Profit from winter lime application Butter Sculpture For the fifth consecutive year, Program will also offer T-shirts and sweatshirts for sale at the booth. The items will feature a variety of cow slogans and colors. The Partners’ booth wiU be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. each day of the show except Sunday when the booth wiU be open from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. On behalf of Pennsylvania dairy fanners, the Partners also sponsor the Farm Show butter sculpture. Crafted with 800 pounds of real butter, the sculpture" will be located in the main lobby of the Farm Show Complex. . This year’s piece will be a tri bute to dairy fanners and soldieis during World War H. An informa tive video accompanies the sculp ture and explains the history of the Hairy farmer and the contributions made by both dairy farmers and soldiers from Pennsylvania during the war. Further information about the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Partners’ booth is available by calling (717) 787-6903. a is w. Show an 800-pound sculpture will be on display in the McClay Street lob by at the Farm Show complex. The 1995 sculpture will commem orate the 50th anniversary of World War n. Additionally, a vid eo depicting the role of the dairy industry during W.W. II will be on display above the sculpture. Scooperbowl The third annual ice cream "Scooperbowl” is a fundraiser which benefits the Four Dia- r monds Fund for children with can cer. The event will be Jan. 8 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Farm Show visi tors can participate in an “all-you can-eat” ice cream event when a donation is made to the Four Dia monds Fund. Ice cream products are donated by area dairy proces sors. A celebrity ice cream making contest will also take place with media personalities from eight Harrisburg-area radio and TV sta tions. Participants will develop and chum their favorite home made ice cream flavors. Dairy Fun Night The Dairy Promotion Partners will hold “Dairy Fun Night” Tuesday, Jan. 10, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Local media and agricultural dig nitaries will compete in a series of evfcnts including Dairy Olympics, a cow milking contest and a cow pie tug-of-war. Joint Exhibit The Dairy Promotion Partners’ joint exhibit, located in the North Building of the Farm Show Com plex, will feature two 27-inch “cow robots." The cows will en tertain Farm Show visitors as they share messages about the good ness of dairy foods. Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Partners conduct advertising, mar keting, promotion and nutrition education programs on behalf of dairy farmers throughout Pennsyl vania. Improve your soil by applying Martin’s quality Hi-magnesium or Hi-calcium agricultural limestone. Call your local Martin Limestone dealer or call Blue Ball, Pa. (800) 233-0205 (717) 354-1370 Martin LIMESTONE bltore at tha New Jersey School Board Convention. More than 10,000 school board administrators, board members and business officials attended the meeting, many of which stopped by to learn the benefits of chocolate milk as an excellent option to include in school feeding programs. ADADC Gives Chocolate Milk A Boost SYRACUSE. N. Y. —Nutrition education specialists are promot ing chocolate milk to school dis tricts across ADADC’s marketing area. Based on research that shows kids eat more food when they drink chocolate milk and the fact that chocolate milk does not in crease hyperactivity, the promo tion efforts are successful in changing chocolate milk percep tion. The promotion efforts include a new 10-minute video focusing on the benefits of offering chocolate milk to students in school feeding programs. Three health profes sionals arc interviewed in the vid eo including a well-known pedia trician, a director of a WIC clinic and a researcher at New York Uni versity. The video encourages V Lancaster Farming, Friday, January 6, 1995-819 school districts to offer chocolate milk by making the following points: • Kids like chocolate milk • Kids eat more of their meal when they have chocolate milk; • Chocolate milk does not cause hyperactivity. In addition to the video, bro chures were developed targeting school administrators, food ser vice directors and parents cover ing the same points. They were in cluded in a mailing to every food service director in New York and northeastern Pennsylvania. ADADC’s consumer promo dons staff are also working with milk processors to create more ap pealing packaging for chocolate milk.
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