Nicole Duvall told East Fannin Elementary School fifth graders all about dairy farming in Georgia when she brought Georgia’s Mobile Dairy Classroom to the school Wednesday morning, May 11.
During her trip through Fannin County, Duvall visited all three elementary schools.
The mobile classroom is presented by the dairy farm families of Georgia with the idea of teaching young Georgians, “Do you know how milk gets from the cow to your glass?”
The Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commission for Milk website describes the Mobile Dairy Classroom as a dynamic and fun educational program operated by the commission. The 30 ft. Mobile Dairy Classroom features a fully operational milking parlor containing a live cow used for milking and feeding demonstrations. The goal of the program is to provide children and adults with a better understanding of where milk comes from, how it is processed, the healthy benefits of consuming dairy products and dairy farmers’ management of natural resources.
During her presentation, Duvall told children of the process of raising dairy cattle, how often they could be milked and their cycles for raising offspring. Children also learned the total number of dairy cows across Georgia, from those at the largest farms to the smallest.
Duvall travels across Georgia with the Mobile Dairy Classroom to bring dairy education to students.