American Dairy Association of Indiana Blog
This is Duane Hill’s second year to be a milkman at the Indianapolis 500—but this year, as the seasoned veteran, he will be the Indiana dairy farmer who actually hands the milk to the winning driver in Victory Circle. Duane watched last year’s milkman Dave Forgey pass the “Sports World’s Coolest Prize” to winning driver [...]
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What is the most trusted profession in America? Now I probably would have answered dairy farming (not one of the choices on the poll), but according to last year’s annual Gallup poll, nursing was voted – again – the most trusted profession in America for the 13th time in 14 years. That’s quite a track record [...]
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Chefs are revered in restaurants and kitchens the world over cooking for many each evening. But what would you do if you had the opportunity to have a personal chef waiting for you when you arrive home to the delicious aromas of meats roasting, vegetables being steamed and you get to select the menu! You get [...]
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I love hot soup don’t you? Especially in the dead of winter. A few years ago some friends and I had lunch at an Indianapolis restaurant and were served luke-warm soup. Not good. Haven’t been back since! But that’s another story. I love seeing the steam rising from a bowl of hot soup whether dining out or at home. I [...]
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Driving through Indiana, you often see field after field of corn or soybeans. Yep, that’s the Midwest! But did you know that the Hoosier State is also a major player in the mint industry? According to the 2010 agriculture statistics, Indiana is in the top five of both peppermint and spearmint producing states. The (approximate) 23,000 acres of peppermint grown in Indiana [...]
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February 11th is National ‘Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk’ Day! There’s a day for everything isn’t there?! Don’t cry over spilled milk means (as we all know), don’t worry about that which you cannot change. Good advice. The spirit of this idiom is resilience and optimism. Two characteristics possessed by dairy farmers. Last year’s drought [...]
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By Deb Osa January is National Oatmeal Month. According to E-How, ‘more oatmeal is consumed in January than any other month’. A hot bowl of oatmeal on a cold winter morning just might make it a little easier to brace for the bitter temperatures. (I don’t know about you, but I enjoy oatmeal year round). [...]
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By Michelle Plummer In the midst of all the Fall Festival goodies of pumpkins, caramel apples and kettle corn we can’t nor should we forget the glorious COOKIE! The reason for National Cookie Month is to help you learn, enjoy and enhance your cookie knowledge… and you thought a cookie is a cookie. Since it [...]
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By Michelle Plummer There is something magical about a bonfire, from the crackling wood to the flames of color jumping about while the red embers quietly smolder below providing warmth and comfort on a chilly autumn night. As you look in to the fire and recall memories of camp outs with scouts, family and friends [...]
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By Mary Nicholson Mark your calendars for Wednesday, September 26. It’s the 13th annual World School Milk Day!! Beggining in 2000 with assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, celebrations are held in countries across the globe to help bring attention to the goodness of milk and its role in [...]
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