Find answers to all kinds of questions about how cattle are raised on the dairy farms of Virginia.

Learn what foods are in the dairy group and how much of each amounts to one serving.

Intriguing site into the world of the dairy industry. Virtual tour of dairy farm, games, question and answer section, as well as recipes can all be found here.

Drink milk and eat foods from the milk group every day. Find tips at this website to help you make healthy and safe choices to make sure you get the calcium you need.

Milk It - Dairy Match is a fun matching game for kids. Click on the windows of the barn to reveal the friendly cows and match two of the same kind. Watch out for the strawberry ice cream though! It will move the windows around on you. Do...

The Dairy Council produces and gathers a wealth of nutrition information from a wide variety of worldwide sources to provide facts relating to milk and everything dairy and health.

Kids will want to eat more dairy products when they learn the importance of calcium and when they realize that drinks, like banana milkshakes and hot chocolate, are not only nutritious but fun treats. Here, learn tips for getting young...

A rich collection of eleven learning modules that cover a wide range of topics, including nutrition, diet and health, food science, agriculture, food preparation, food processing, food safety, and more. Modules have PowerPoints,...

Find out what happens when Noah thinks the Spanish word for milk means cow, and learn the Spanish words for some farm animals and dairy products.

Here's a collection of "fact sheets" offering details on Canada's various industries: Brewery, Dairy, Distillery, Fish and Seafood, Egg, Fruit, Grains and Oilseeds, Honey, Poultry, Red Meat, and more.

1960's Dairy Queen

Under the heading "Tour of the Museum," there are excellent links to information on dairy farms, small animals found in the barn, horses, beef cattle, and more! There are also teachers kits available through this site that are meant to...

This site gives a wealth of resources for teaching about nutrition in an elementary school classroom. It has worksheets, lesson plans, online activities, and more.

Take this virtual tour to discover where the milk that you drink comes from. Find out how milk gets from the cow to your cereal bowl.

A comprehensive list of most of the breeds of domesticated livestock that are used in the cattle industry. Brief history of their use and links to background and use of each breed.

These activity sheets on the topics of food and dairy farming are geared for younger children.

An image of "The Dairy Maid", created by Aelbert Cuyp during the 1650's (Oil on canvas, 106 x 172 cm).

Site of veterinary nutrition research.

A fabulous site with numerous illustrations showing the various phases of dairying.

The U.S. Government's official resource for sound nutritional information points out that eating right can be as simple as increasing some categories of foods while reducing others. Basic information on food groups combined with...

Blossom and Snappy decide to surprise Robbie by making her a pumpkin pie using math in some creative ways. They visit a pumpkin farm, dairy farm, and a dairy plant, finding out all the ways math is used in each of these places.

Learn about forests under the Pacific Ocean! Giant kelp is a forest under the ocean that is divided into layers based on the kind of animal life found there. Kelp is useful in making adhesives, dairy products, and pharmaceutical...

The Afar occupy an area of Djibouti and northeastern Ethiopia, sometimes called the Afar Triangle. There is a long history of hostility between the Afar and the surrounding groups; the Afar are often considered fierce and warlike. The...

Find sets of lesson plans for children grades one through six about the healthy food choices. Includes posters, worksheets, and coloring pages.